Sale 11560
London
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3 November 2015
Price realised
GBP 21,250
Estimate
AGATHON LEONARD (1841-1923) 'DANSEUSE A L'ECHARPE', A FIGURAL LAMP, CIRCA 1900 gilt-bronze, on a marble base 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) high signed A. Leonard, Sclp. and stamped with foundry mark for Susse Frères Editeurs Paris
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Literature
Similar examples illustrated: I. Bostge, Agathon Léonard, Le Geste Art Nouveau, Paris, 2003, p.75, no. 58; J. P. Midant, Sèvres, la Manufaxture au XXème Siècle, Paris 1992, p. 55 (bisque version).
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