20 Jan 2010
10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Gentleman's Library Sale - Sculpture & Works of Art
Back to auction 17572
Gentleman's Library Sale - Sculpture & Works of Art
Back to auction 17572
A late 19th/early 20th century Austrian cold-painted erotic bronze group
Attributed to Bergman
modelled as seated sphinx with mechanism to open revealing a naked female figure, 15cm wide x 5.5cm deep x 9.5cm high, (5.5" wide x 2" deep x 3.5" high)
modelled as seated sphinx with mechanism to open revealing a naked female figure, 15cm wide x 5.5cm deep x 9.5cm high, (5.5" wide x 2" deep x 3.5" high)
Sold for
£2,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- A similar erotic bronze group by Bergman was sold at Christie's South Kensington Interiors Style and Spirit Edition 29th February 2009 lot 485.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art
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