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ANTIQUE #SA969503

Art Deco Chryselephantine Sculpture Entitled "Grecian Maidens " By Ferdinand Preiss

£13,500    $18,531    €15,510
A magnificent early 20th Century Art Deco tazza modelled as four Grecian maidens kneeling between gilt bronze columns supporting the large Brazillian onyx dish. The figures hand carved from ivory with very fine intricate detail and the bronze exhibiting excellent cold painted colour
 
Fritz Ferdinand Preiss, German ~ 1882 to 1943, born in Erbach-Odenwald on 13th February 1882, he Studied in Paris and worked with Prof. Poertzel in Berlin. Preiss worked to a great extent with ivory and used the combination of ivory and bronze with magnificent results. His family were renowned ivory carvers and his skill, detailing and modelling in this medium was unsurpassed in the Art Deco era. His stunning young ladies of the early 20th Century captured the energy and seduction of the Period and his models of children are exquisite.
 
Defra Ref: P344LXM8
 
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