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Lot 383

A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF PROMETHEUS, ON PEDESTAL CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JEAN JULES CAMBOS (1828-1917), LATE 19TH CENTURY
Signed to the rockwork base 'CAMBOS', on a rouge griotte marble circular moulded base and an oak pedestal carved to the body with floral swags and stiff leaves, drilled for electricity.
Bronze: Height 102cm; Pedestal: Height 107cm

Estimate $15,000 - $25,000

Sold for $10,000

In excellent order, with beautiful original brown patination. Evidence of former electrification. A plaque appears to have been once set in the marble base.

Original oak pedestal, with only very minor losses to the carved decoration.


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Christie's London, The Opulent Eye, 10 September 2013, lot 47

The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm

Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au


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