Western European Sculpture

Chinese girl

    Chinese girl

    France

    The 1850s

    Sculptor Charles Cordier

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

    Height 48 cm, height 44 cm, base height 11 cm

    Author's signature: C.CORDIER

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    Chest-length bust of a Chinese girl with her head slightly tilted to the left and hair gathered in high hairstyle decorated with flowers and a dragonfly. Depicted in traditional festive attire. The bust, set on a "stem" support (piédouche), is mounted on a conical marble base. The sculpture is polychrome: the face and base are gilded, while the clothing and hair are silvered.

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