Lot 459: A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LIONESS 'LIONNE PRÊTE À BONDIR'

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LIONESS 'LIONNE PRÊTE À BONDIR'
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JACQUES MERCULIANO (1859-1935), FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
The animal prowling on a rocky marble base signed Merculiano
35 cm. high x 62 cm. wide x 25 cm. deep

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Another smaller cast of this model is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 492.