Design 17/20: Furniture and Works of Art

Design 17/20: Furniture and Works of Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 671. French, Late 18th / Early 19th century, A pair of allegorical busts depicting Africa and Europe | France, fin XVIIIe / début XIXe siècle, Paire de bustes allégoriques de l'Afrique & l'Europe.

French, Late 18th / Early 19th century, A pair of allegorical busts depicting Africa and Europe | France, fin XVIIIe / début XIXe siècle, Paire de bustes allégoriques de l'Afrique & l'Europe

Lot Closed

June 29, 02:46 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

French, Late 18th / Early 19th century

A pair of allegorical busts depicting Africa and Europe


each depicted as a richly dressed queen

bronze, black patina; on gilt-bronze mounted grey marble columnar bases with placard

with gilt bronze plaques inscribed L'EUROPE and L'AFRIQUE


H. 10 ⅞ in. and 11 in.; 27,6 and 27,9 cm


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France, fin XVIIIe / début XIXe siècle

Paire de bustes allégoriques de l'Afrique & l'Europe


bronzes à patine noire ; sur des colonnettes en marbre gris à montures de bronze doré,


H. 27,6 et 27,9 cm ; 10 ⅞ in. and 11 in.


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Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra - Volumes I -VI, 18 octobre 2011, lot 1189