Live Auction 2845The Decorative Arts Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 383

A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF A YOUNG SATYR TEASING BACCHUS

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JOSEPH JULES EMMANUEL DESCOMPS DIT CORMIER (1869-1948), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed24 March 2010

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EUR 3,750

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF A YOUNG SATYR TEASING BACCHUS
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JOSEPH JULES EMMANUEL DESCOMPS DIT CORMIER (1869-1948), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The naturalistic base signed J.B. Descomps
36 cm. high x 63 cm. wide

Specialist note

A terracotta titled Faune et Bacchante by Descomps dit Cormier is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and might relate to this bronze. (https://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm)