Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE, ENTITLED 'MARCHAND TUNISIEN'
Lot 133 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE, ENTITLED 'MARCHAND TUNISIEN'

CAST BY E. TASSEL FROM THE MODEL BY EMILE-EDMOND PEYNOT, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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USD 12,500

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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE, ENTITLED 'MARCHAND TUNISIEN'
CAST BY E. TASSEL FROM THE MODEL BY EMILE-EDMOND PEYNOT, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed E. Peynot, the front of the base inscribed in Arabic Albayaa Altunisi (Tunisian Merchant) and the reverse of the base with foundry cachet for E. Tassel
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high

Specialist note

Emile Edmond Peynot's Marchand tunisien was initially exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1883, and quickly became a must-have for all major Orientalist collections of the time. Another example of this model sold Christie's, New York, 19 April 2006, lot 30 ($31,200).