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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 Street

Sold 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'

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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.

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