Live Auction 15492The Collector: Silver & 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
CHARLES-HENRI-JOSEPH CORDIER (FRENCH, 1827-1905)
Lot 742

CHARLES-HENRI-JOSEPH CORDIER (FRENCH, 1827-1905)

Cheik arabe d'Égypte (Arabian sheik from Egypt)

Closed14 November 2018

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GBP 52,500

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CHARLES-HENRI-JOSEPH CORDIER (FRENCH, 1827-1905)
Cheik arabe d'Égypte (Arabian sheik from Egypt)
signed 'cordier', on gilt-bronze socle
bronze, gilt and patinated; silvered electrotype
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high, the bust
17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high, overall
Conceived circa 1867.
This bronze circa 1870.

Private collection, Vienna.
Thence by descent for several generations until acquired by present owner.

Specialist note

Arabian sheik was first exhibited at the 1867 Paris Exposition universelle and then the 1873 Vienna exhibition (no. 887), where it is interesting to speculate the original Viennese owners of the present lot first encountered the sculpture. Another bronze of the same model with similar patina is the collection of the Mahoud Kahil Museum, Cairo, a bequest to the Egyptian government.