Western European Sculpture

Woman from the French Colonies

    Woman from the French Colonies

    France

    1861

    Sculptor Charles Cordier

    Bronze, marble (yellow); casting, chasing, silvering, gilding, mounting

    Height 40 cm

    Signed and dated: Cordier 1861

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    Waist-length bust of a young African girl with her head turned to the right. She is depicted with thick hair tucked under a turban and drapery cast over her shoulder. The image is accessorized with large earrings and an upper arm bracelet. The bust, on a turned socle, is mounted on a marble base. The piece is cast in silvered bronze, with the elements of the attire, jewelry, and the socle gilded.

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