Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 1st October 2025

Lot 620

A FRENCH ORIENTALIST COLD PAINTED AND BRONZED SPELTER FIGURAL JARDINIERE

Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £254

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Description

A FRENCH ORIENTALIST COLD PAINTED AND BRONZED SPELTER FIGURAL JARDINIERE

AFTER LOUIS HOTTOT (1834-1905), LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

modelled as a female Moor holding out a tray and standing before a castellated well, signed to base

98cm high, 37cm wide, 53cm deep

Catalogue Note

Louis Hottot specialised in Orientalist scenes and figures, and many of his works were produced in spelter rather than the more traditional bronze. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1885 until 1898.