AFTER THE ANTIQUE, FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE, 'LA JOUEUSE D'OSSELETS'
19TH CENTURY
£378
Auction: 15 JANUARY 2025 FROM 10:00 GMT
Description
dark brown patina, unmounted, numbered on the interior 70 /1342
Dimensions
20cm wide, 19cm high
Provenance
Alfred Spero Collection;
Acquired 1965.
Footnote
Often attributed to Pradier, this is in fact a copy of a Roman original discovered by Vigna Giustiniani in 1732, now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. It depicts a Roman girl playing with jacks, or knucklebones.