JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (FRENCH 1827-1875)
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
40000GBP £ 40 000
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ID 1443079
Lot 194 | JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (FRENCH 1827-1875)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
'Le Chinois' ('The Chinese Man')
bronze bust, greenish-brown patina; signed 'JBte Carpeaux' to back of the proper left shoulder, inscribed to the proper right side of the base 'Susse Frs Edts / Paris / Cire Perdue;' and with three Susse foundry marks to the reverse inscribed 'SUSSE FRES / PARIS / CIRE PERDUE', 'SUSSE FRES ÉDITEURS / PARIS' and 'SUSSE FRERES / ÉDITEURS/ PARIS'
25 ½ in. (64.8 cm.) high
Original model executed in 1868.
This cast circa 1914.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 14 December 2016, where acquired by the current owner.
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827 - 1875) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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