Western European Sculpture

Chinese man

    Chinese man

    France

    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 man with his head turned to the right and hair gathered in a traditional hairstyle. Depicted in national festive attire. The bust on a "goblet" stand is mounted on a cone-shaped marble base. The sculpture is polychrome. The face and the stand are gilded, the clothing and hair are silvered. The bust, set on a "stem" support (piédouche), is mounted on a conical marble base. The sculpture is polychrome: the face and support are gilded, while the garments and hair are silvered.

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