ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1796-1875)

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1796-1875)
Tigre dévorant un gavial (grandeur originale) (Tiger devouring a Gavial (original size))
signed 'BARYE'
bronze, green-brown patina
15 5/8 in. (29.7 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep
Conceived in 1831.
This bronze second half 19th century.