AUCTION 51: A NEW YORK ART AND COLLECTIBLES SALE

A PAIR OF JAPANESE GILT STATUES BY EUGENE LAURENT, FRENCH

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Start price: $4,500

Estimated price: $6,000 - $7,000

Buyer's premium:

Eugene Laurent, a pair of highly detailed gilt-bronze sculptures depicting a woman flowering a plant and a man playing his flute for a bird. Both figures are dressed in elaborately decorated traditional Japanese attire. Signed ‘E. Laurent’ on the bases.

Eugene Laurent (1832-1898) was a French sculptor and a regular participant in the Salon of French artists.

Dimensions: 16 3/4 in., (42.5 cm.)

Condition: Good condition overall with some minor signs of oxidation in places. Pot and plant of female figure are loose.