Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2645B
Location: Boston
Date / Time: April 06, 2013 10:00AM
Description:
Cast After a Model by Gerda Iro Gerdago (fl. Early 20th Century)
Art Deco Bronze and Ivory Enamel-decorated Figure of a Dancer, in an elaborate costume with ivory hands and face, on an oval onyx pedestal, onyx incised "TH. ULLMANN/AUSTRIA," bronze ht. 12 3/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
Small scattered losses to enamel. Bronze with inconsistent patination. Lower hand replaced. The other reglued with small area of loss to wrist. Ivory with hairline cracks, one particularly prominent to neck.
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