Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Sold Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing

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Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Sold Antique 19th Century Chinese QingAntique, Art Nouveau bronze of a beautiful maiden in the Neo Classical manner by Emmanuel Villanis, Circa 1900. The bronze, titled "Phryne" depicts a beautiful Neo Classical maiden, titled to the front on the socle. The bust meant to be an interpretation of the ancient Greek beauty Phryne, daughter of Epicles and a model of a number of ancient Greek artists sculptors. The bronze made by the lost wax (cire perdue) method and having the circular