Description
Affortunato Gory (XIX-XX), A bronze 'chryselephantine' sculpture depicting a dancer as a flower girl, France, ca. 1900.
An Art deco 'chryselephantine' sculpture of a dancer, the face carved ivory, the dress bronze, signed in the cloak: "Gory", mount on a white marble base. Note: Chryselephantine, from Greec: "chrysos" (gold), and: "elephantinos", (ivory), is a figure of which the body is ivory and the drapes of gold. These were made in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete from the 6th century BCE and were imitated in the early 20th century. Meas: H: 19,9 cm, Diam. 8,1 cm. Estimate: € 400 - € 600.
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Affortunato Gory (XIX-XX), A bronze 'chryselephantine' sculpture depicting a dancer as a flower girl, France, ca. 1900.
