Lot 397

Overall in Very Good Condition
- original gold-brown patina
- minor verdigris verso in deeply recessed sections


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Sotheby's London, 19th & 20th Century Sculpture, 21 May 2014, lot 75
Purchased from the above

This is a particularly fine Susse cast of Rivière's celebrated model, with beautiful waxy detailing. There is a bronze and ivory version in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. The subject was taken from Gustave Flaubert's exotic historical novel, Salammbô, published in 1892. It represents the Carthaginian priestess Salammbô retrieving her city's sacred veil, the Zaïmph, from her enemy Mathô, who is consumed with desire for her.