Furniture & Works of Art - 1st July 2015

Lot 600

A pair of Austrian cold painted bronze Bacchanalian moveable erotic groups by Bergman

Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £700

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Description

A pair of Austrian cold painted bronze Bacchanalian moveable erotic groups by Bergman, of a satyr and a nymph, one offering a bouquet to a maiden and then embracing her, the other of a nymph feeding a satyr grapes, each signed 'NAMGREB', early 20th century, 9.2cm high, 11.5cm wide max. (4)

See Antique Vienna bronzes by Joseph Zobel, pp. 210 and 212 for the same models.