Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Drawings & Prints weight is 463 grams

weight is 463 grams

with all original paint and original decals

The plate having a a manganese glaze with shades of brown

The base with a ground pontil mark

6" tall X 5

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Drawings & Prints weight is 463 gramsAntique, Art Nouveau bronze of a beautiful maiden in the Neo Classical manner by Emmanuel Villanis, Circa 1900. The bronze, titled "Phryne" depicts a beautiful Neo Classical maiden, titled to the front on the socle. The bust meant to be an interpretation of the ancient Greek beauty Phryne, daughter of Epicles and a model of a number of ancient Greek artists sculptors. The bronze made by the lost wax (cire perdue) method and having the circular