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Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963) 'The Snake Dancer' a Rare Bronze and Ivory Study, circa 1920
17 June 2015, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £27,500 inc. premium
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Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963)
'The Snake Dancer' a Rare Bronze and Ivory Study, circa 1920
capturing the dramatic pose of a female dancer, wearing a snake-skin patterned skin-tight dress and an ivory ornamental comb, raised on a marble plinth
59cm high, engraved 'Prof. Poertzel'
capturing the dramatic pose of a female dancer, wearing a snake-skin patterned skin-tight dress and an ivory ornamental comb, raised on a marble plinth
59cm high, engraved 'Prof. Poertzel'
Footnotes
This model is known to exist without the ornamental comb, but it is very rare for it to be intact as it is with this model.



