JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 17 February 2026 / 10:00 am start
A late 19thC classical bronze 'Resting Woman' after Ferdinand Barbedienne,
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Lot Details
she reclines upon a lion's head rug in a Grecian tunic, reading a book, a griffin supports the curved end. L.425mm. The original carved in marble c.1785 attributed to Pierre Julien. The subject is possibly Ariadne. Similar sculptures were part of a set offered in the Barbedienne foundry's catalogue of 1886.
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