Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Redo Antique Decorated Prattware Pot Lid

Antique Decorated Prattware Pot Lid

Villanis" to the shoulder

The top having cut corners with a band of blue around the rim

the chairs having back rails & arms carved with acanthus leaves

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Redo Antique Decorated Prattware Pot LidAntique, 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