A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
Session One
LOT 18
A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 967
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A spelter figure of Mephistopheles, after Jacques Louis Gautier, French, (1831- )
signed, 90,5cm high;and a grey-veined marble pedestal, 19th/20th century, with circular top and stepped plinth base, some distress, 106cm high, 37cm diameter
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Notes
The plinth appears in photographs of Harcroft, Cape Town, during Charles and Muriel Rycroft's occupancy post 1951.
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