Lot number 3222 - Auction 146
'BACCHANTIN UND SATYR'

CLAUDE MICHEL CLODION 1738 Nancy - 1814 Paris (after) 'BACCHANTE AND SATYR' France, 19th century Bronze, dark patina, on a round plinth. H. 61/65,5, w. 21/20, d. 24/21 cm. Verso inscribed 'Clodion' on the plinth. Fully sculpted depiction of a bacchante holding a vine and a satyr drinking from a wineskin. Part rubbed, chipped, loss of patina and residue. Literature: Illustrated in H. Berman: Bronzes, Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930, Vol. 2, p. 360, no. 1327 and 1328. Provenance: Private collection, Southern Germany.