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'Salammbo in the Presence of Matho'
a gilt bronze figure group cast from a model by Theodore Louis Auguste Riviere, depicting the actress Sarah Bernhardt in the play 'Carthage', the elaborately costumed female standing whilst partially naked turbanned man desperately clasps her waist, on a circular green onyx base, signed in the bronze, inscribed title 'Carthage 1892', stamped Susse Fres foundry mark -- 44.5cm. high
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a gilt bronze figure group cast from a model by Theodore Louis Auguste Riviere, depicting the actress Sarah Bernhardt in the play 'Carthage', the elaborately costumed female standing whilst partially naked turbanned man desperately clasps her waist, on a circular green onyx base, signed in the bronze, inscribed title 'Carthage 1892', stamped Susse Fres foundry mark -- 44.5cm. high
See illustration