A FRENCH BRONZE HUNTING GROUP OF A LIONESS AND CUBS
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (1800-1864)
THE LIONESS CARRYING AN ANTELOPE IN HER MOUTH, ONE CUB RAISED ON ITS HIND LEGS IN EXCITEMENT AT THE PREY, THE OTHER BITING AT THE ANTELOPE'S EAR, ON A NATURALISTIC CAST BASE, INSCRIBED 'FRATIN'
10½ IN. (26.6 CM.) HIGH; 20 IN. (51 CM.) WIDE
A FRENCH BRONZE HUNTING GROUP OF A LIONESS AND CUBS
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER CHRISTOPHE FRATIN (1800-1864)
THE LIONESS CARRYING AN ANTELOPE IN HER MOUTH, ONE CUB RAISED ON ITS HIND LEGS IN EXCITEMENT AT THE PREY, THE OTHER BITING AT THE ANTELOPE'S EAR, ON A NATURALISTIC CAST BASE, INSCRIBED 'FRATIN'
10½ IN. (26.6 CM.) HIGH; 20 IN. (51 CM.) WIDE