Live Auction 2435500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets
A FRENCH IVORY EROTIC CANE
Lot 23

A FRENCH IVORY EROTIC CANE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2011

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USD 9,375

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A FRENCH IVORY EROTIC CANE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting a standing partially veiled nude on an ivory shaft
35 in. (89 cm.) long

Specialist note

This cane relates to the work of the French sculptor Pierre Felix Fix-Masseau (1869-1937). His bronze titled Le Secret, shares the same posture and bordered drapery. (P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIX Siecle, Paris, 1989, pp. 318-319.