Lot no. 39
CHRISTOFLE & Cie, Paris, 1886
Agricultural trophy, Marseille, 1886: large silver-plated bronze bull on a griotte marble base
N°1274707
Silvered bronze and marble
Total length: 41 cm - Total height: 48.5 cm ;
The bull, based on a model by Alfred Jacquemart, is standing near a post inscribed "1er PRIX".
The silver-plated bronze terrace is stamped CHRISTOFLE & Cie , N°1274707, the marble one set with a brass plaque engraved "Ministère de l'Agriculture/ Concours Régional Agricole de Marseille 1886/ Prix d'Ensemble Espèce Bovine".
Notes:
Similar model: Sotheby's Paris sale, 3 May 2016, lot no. 50
For an identical bull from the same year, but without the marble base, see Sotheby's Paris, 17 October 2007, lot no. 5.
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