Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Drawings & Prints 6" tall X 5

6" tall X 5

The base with a ground pontil mark

5" tall X 5

Antique Islamic Bronze Cup with Silver Inlay from Khurasan

the top having a stepped crown

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Drawings & Prints 6" tall X 5Antique, 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