Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910 Decorative Arts A finely painted river scene
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A finely painted river scene with trees and mountainous landscape behind
An original antique Art Deco glass vase "Ormeaux"
The serpentine shaped secretary is modeled as a semainier ( seven drawer chest)
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Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910 Decorative Arts A finely painted river sceneA very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861 1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910. The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave girl and an Arab trader, the two figures standing on a rocky outcrop. He wearing a cold painted robe and she protecting her modesty with a garment. The statue is signed with Bergmann's initial "B" inside a twin handled urn, below are the letters "GESCH" an abbreviation for