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Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this Bronze Pandora Sculpture to the 1900s.
Excellent condition and patina.
It's associated with the story of Pandora, the first mortal woman, who was given a box as a wedding gift with the strict instruction not to open it. Driven by irresistible curiosity, Pandora opened the box, unleashing all manner of evils upon humanity. The box also contained hope, which remained trapped inside after Pandora closed the lid.
Maurice Bouval (French, 1863 ~ 1920) was born in Toulouse, France and was a student of the grand-master Alexandre Falguière. Bouval was a prolific sculptor of functional bronzes such as table lamps, sconces, inkwells, candlesticks, salt cellars, covered boxes, and some non-functional decorative pieces. From 1880 until the beginning of the First World War he was very successful in his sculpting, often gilding smaller bronze objects and usually incorporating the female form. He participated in the 1890 Exposition Universelle in Paris and exhibited with the Societé des Artistes Français regularly, first as a sculptor, then in the decorative arts section. He also showed with La Maison Goldscheider.
Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this Bronze Pandora Sculpture to the 1900s.
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Superb Antique (Early 20thc) French Bronze, 'Le Secret De Pandora' (Pandora's Box), Maurice Bouval
