Pair of Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figures of North Africans

Description:

Pair of Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Figures of North Africans, early 20th century, a man with a rifle slung over his shoulder and a woman carrying a container on her head, each with impressed "B" within a vasiform mark for Franz Bergman, indistinctly numbered, and stamped "geschutzt," ht. to 4 3/8 in.
Estimate $500-700

Each with scattered loss to polychrome enamel and gilding.


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