Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2264Location: BostonDate / Time: January 15, 2005 10:00AM
Description:
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828), Bronze Figure of a Girl Carrying a Sheaf of Wheat, Country Girl, c. 1875, the figure in classical drapery, carrying wheat and a sickle in one hand, a watering can in the other, with a large tambourine at her feet, on ovoid base with mold incised signature and F. Barbedienne foundry marks, ht. 18 in.
Estimate $800-1,000