Alexandre Falguière - Bust, Léon Gambetta - 25 cm - Parian ware - 1884

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Large Parian ware porcelain bust of Léon Gambetta, signed in the plate by Alexandre Falguière, dating to 1884, in good condition with minor age-related colour traces; measures about 25 cm high, 13.5 cm wide and 13.2 cm deep, weighing about 1.45 kg.

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a beautiful large bust of a very striking man: Léon Gambetta
made and signed by the famous artist Alexandre Falguière

made of a kind of porcelain, probably parian ware.

The statue weighs about 1.45 kilograms.
Dimensions: about 25 cm high, 13.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep

In good condition, a few small age-related color spots, no chips.

Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière, or simply Alexandre Falguière (1831 – 1900) was a French sculptor and painter.
Falguière was born in Toulouse. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Prix de Rome in 1859; he received the silver medal at the Paris Salon in 1868 and was appointed Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1878.

Léon Gambetta was a French statesman, regarded as one of the founders of the Third French Republic. He became famous for flying over the Prussian lines in a hot air balloon during the Siege of Paris in 1870.

a beautiful large bust of a very striking man: Léon Gambetta
made and signed by the famous artist Alexandre Falguière

made of a kind of porcelain, probably parian ware.

The statue weighs about 1.45 kilograms.
Dimensions: about 25 cm high, 13.5 cm wide, 13 cm deep

In good condition, a few small age-related color spots, no chips.

Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière, or simply Alexandre Falguière (1831 – 1900) was a French sculptor and painter.
Falguière was born in Toulouse. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Prix de Rome in 1859; he received the silver medal at the Paris Salon in 1868 and was appointed Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1878.

Léon Gambetta was a French statesman, regarded as one of the founders of the Third French Republic. He became famous for flying over the Prussian lines in a hot air balloon during the Siege of Paris in 1870.

Details

Era
1400-1900
Porcelain type
Parian ware
Over 200 years old
No
Country of Origin
France
Style
Realism
Material
Porcelain
Artist
Alexandre Falguière
Title of artwork
Léon Gambetta
Signature
Plate signed
Year
1884
Colour
White
Condition
Good condition
Height
25 cm
Width
13.5 cm
Depth
13.2 cm
Weight
1.45 kg
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