'ENCRIER FANTASTIQUE': A FRENCH BRONZE SELF-PORTRAIT INKWELL OF SARAH BERNHARDT
CAST BY THIEBAUT FRÈRES, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY SARAH BERNHARDT DATED 1880
'ENCRIER FANTASTIQUE': A FRENCH BRONZE SELF-PORTRAIT INKWELL OF SARAH BERNHARDT CAST BY THIEBAUT FRÈRES, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY SARAH BERNHARDT DATED 1880 Modelled as a recumbent winged sphinx with a 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 quill-pen rest cast into her hair, signed and dated 'SARAH-BERNHARDT/1880' and with foundry stamp 'THIEBAUT FRÈRES/FONDEURS/PARIS' 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide: 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
'ENCRIER FANTASTIQUE': A FRENCH BRONZE SELF-PORTRAIT INKWELL OF SARAH BERNHARDT
CAST BY THIEBAUT FRÈRES, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY SARAH BERNHARDT DATED 1880
'ENCRIER FANTASTIQUE': A FRENCH BRONZE SELF-PORTRAIT INKWELL OF SARAH BERNHARDT CAST BY THIEBAUT FRÈRES, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY SARAH BERNHARDT DATED 1880 Modelled as a recumbent winged sphinx with a 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 quill-pen rest cast into her hair, signed and dated 'SARAH-BERNHARDT/1880' and with foundry stamp 'THIEBAUT FRÈRES/FONDEURS/PARIS' 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide: 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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