BRONZE BUST WITH SOFT METAL INLAYS OF A CAMBODIAN... Lot 264

BRONZE BUST WITH SOFT METAL INLAYS OF A CAMBODIAN APSARA / DANCER Vietnam / Indochina, Probable work of the Bien Hoa School of Applied Arts, 20th century Relatively heavy cast iron although hollow. Spike of the cap moulded separately. Brown patina coupled with an ornamentation work by inlaying polychrome soft metals, in this case lotus on the wings. Wooden base carved with cloudy volutes and the model (the uncoupled spade and its lacunar tip). H (base included, up to the top of the spade): 47 cm A SOFT-METAL INLAYS BRONZE BUST OF A CAMBODIAN DANCER / APSARA Vietnam / Indochina, Probably a production of the Bien Hoa School of Applied Arts, 20th century