Lot n° 151
Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (Australian, 1863-1931): A newly discovered and apparently unique patinated bronze statuette of a female nude with a python, likely identifiable with the model entitled 'A Priestess' exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896. Circa 1895-6 Circa 1895-6
The standing figure looking slightly to dexter with upswept coiffure and posed with her right arm on her hip, her left arm before her entwined with body of a python, its head held in her gaze, on canted rectangular platform and angled circular base, signed within the cast to the rear, B. MACKENNAL, raised on a contemporary turned and moulded circular serpentine marble socle base,
the figure, 33cm high, the figure including base, 35.5cm high
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