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French Bronze Bulls by Clesinger 1863 Sgnd Listed
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Pre 1900 item# 739167
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Spectacular French Bronze pair of Roman Bulls locked in combat by famous French Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Clesinger 1814-1883-brown patina-no condition problems-major important piece-13 inches high and 26.5 inches long-signed by sculptor on base and dated 1863 with C.P. Roma- C.P is Cirre Perdu, ie lost wax process-fine detail powerful sculpture in the best tradition-cast in Rome-called Roman bulls
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17thc Bronze Putti Sculpture
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Pre 1700 item# 590483
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Rare bronze sculpture-17thc or earlier-was buried for years and excavated-appears to be a putti and was part of larger piece-perhaps a family crest-Italian--surface is naturally oxidized when buried-some pitting--piece has been mounted on rod in black marble base-rod permits piece to spin around, so position can be changed-sculpture is 15 inches high without the base-add 3 inches for base--piece 12 inches wide--unusual -easily 300 years old
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Cuban Bronze Sculpture of Argentine Lady Sgnd Listed
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Pre 1950 item# 390186
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This is a monumential, larger than life, bronze bust of Argentine feminist, writer, woman of the world, Victoria Ocampo [1890-1979]--sculpture is by famous pre Castro Cuban Sculptor, Arnaldo Serru, born in 1912, listed, works in National Museum of Havana--made various heads of Marti,created the famous monument in front of the piers in Havana--EL MONUMENTO AL MARINO CUBANO-- this bronze weighs over 130 pounds-signed and dated 1958-- has foundry mark-Funducion Nunez Rodriguez with what is believed to be a Havana telephone number--Tel B 7780---26 inches high--13 inches deep and 19 inches-wide-condition excellent- cast with lost wax process-deep green patina--a master work--Ms Ocampo was first women elected to Argentine academy of letters-1976-honorary degree from Harvard in 1967-founded magazine SUR in 1931 that developed into the most important literary magazine in Latin America-she clashed with the Peronistas who marked her home with a cross,identifying her as a oligarchic dissident-was imprisoned in 1953-donated her home in Buenos Aires, Villa Ocampo to UNESCO as a cultural center in 1973--she came from a patrician family-she was characterized as "THE MOST ARGINTINE WOMAN by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges--a very interesting, high quality sculpture that certainly has a tale to tell
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Bronze German Goddess Signed Listed Dated 19thc
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Pre 1900 item# 314772
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Finest cast bronze 19th century figure of a goddess-possibly Diana but the owl and crescent together unusual for Diana--beautiful light brown patina-signed Aiehele and dated 90--German -possibly Austo- Hungarian--piece found in Brno, Czech Republic-no condition problems-no repairs-14 inches high-of which 3 inches is a round stepped black marble original base--has very fine detail--crescent may symbolize the moon that never changes or could represent female goddess or holy grail--the owl- knowledge or science or Greece---Mr Aiehele is not around to ask--piece is 114 years old
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