a symbolist bronze self portrait inkwell Cast after the model by Sarah Bernhardt 1880 Modelled with large bat wings feathered on the exterior, spiny reptilian tail and the clawed limbs of a mythical beast, clutching an open bowl with massive ram's horns and set with a devil's head, the inkwell concealed beneath a removable cover in the form of a pile of books, a space for a quill pen cast into her hair, on shaped bronze base 12in. (30.5cm.) high Signed and dated in the maquette Sarah Bernhardt 1880 , foundry mark for Thiebaut Frères Paris
a symbolist bronze self portrait inkwell Cast after the model by Sarah Bernhardt 1880 Modelled with large bat wings feathered on the exterior, spiny reptilian tail and the clawed limbs of a mythical beast, clutching an open bowl with massive ram's horns and set with a devil's head, the inkwell concealed beneath a removable cover in the form of a pile of books, a space for a quill pen cast into her hair, on shaped bronze base 12in. (30.5cm.) high Signed and dated in the maquette Sarah Bernhardt 1880 , foundry mark for Thiebaut Frères Paris
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