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JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942) Africanist decoration,...

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JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942) Africanist decoration, work originally sold on September 3, 1927 to Mrs. Rosette Ovoid vase with a very flared and hemmed neck. Proof in copper brassware entirely mounted with a hammer. The decoration, made of geometrical motives, realized in cast silver on a patinated bottom. The bottom weighted with lead inside. Slight wear to the patina of the bottom. Signed Jean DUNAND and bears the number 4400 on the reverse. Height : 35 cm Provenance : - 20th century Design - Sale Sotheby's, New York, December 16, 2008. Our work presented under the n° 78 of the catalog. - Private collection, Paris. Bibliography and related works : Félix Marcilhac - Jean Dunand, vie et œuvre - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1991. A variant reproduced on page 302 (ill. 971).