'BALLERINA', A FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943) COLD-PAINTED, GILT-BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE

'BALLERINA', A FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943) COLD-PAINTED, GILT-BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE
CIRCA 1900
Modelled, cast and carved as a little girl wearing a tutu, her hair in coiled plats, integral base on marble plinth, signed F. Preiss and stamped foundry mark for Preiss & Kassler, Berlin
7¼ in. (16 cm.) high