CARL KAUBA
A PATINATED AND GILT-BRONZE, PLIQUÉ-A-JOUR ENAMEL AND METAL MECHANICAL EROTIC FIGURE, CIRCA 1900
modelled as a butterfly resting on foliage, the internal mechanism displays a nude female figure in a raised gliding motion, raised on replacement marble base, signed in the maquette C. Kauba (losses to enamel)
10 7/8in. (27.5cm.) high (when open)
CARL KAUBA
A PATINATED AND GILT-BRONZE, PLIQUÉ-A-JOUR ENAMEL AND METAL MECHANICAL EROTIC FIGURE, CIRCA 1900
modelled as a butterfly resting on foliage, the internal mechanism displays a nude female figure in a raised gliding motion, raised on replacement marble base, signed in the maquette C. Kauba (losses to enamel)
10 7/8in. (27.5cm.) high (when open)
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