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Peter van Os Antiques & Fine Art
Markt 12-A, 5688 AJ
Oirschot , Netherlands
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A pair of bronze miniature Borzoi dogs
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Description
A pair of bronze miniature Borzoi dogs
€850.00
Bronze
Sitting Dog: 10.6 x 6.8 x 4.6cm
Standing Dog: 10.2 x 12 x 4.8cm
about 1900
Austria, Vienna
Exceptional and rare pair of Vienna bronze Borzoi Dogs, one standing and one sitting. Both are wearing a leash with a token. The Borzoi is known as the Russian Tsar dog, related to the wolf family.
The pair has a beautiful patina, very nicely cast and detailed chisseled. The quality is high, especially due to the cold-painted technique. This technique refers to the bronzes that have been casted in Vienna and afterwards were very delicately decorated in several layers with gold-dust. As the color was not heated it is called cold-painted. The know-how for this kind of paint has been lost.
Foundry
FOUNDRY FRANZ BERGMANN (1861-Austria-1936)
The Bergmann foundry employed many anonymous sculptors, mostly on a temporary base.
The sitting dog has a number at the bottom: 0676.
provenance
Private Collection The Netherlands,
Acquired 2001 at Sotheby's Auction Amsterdam -
More Information
Period: 1900-1919 Creation Date: 1900 Styles / Movements: Traditional Incollect Reference #: 707096 -
Dimensions
W. 2.68 in; H. 4.17 in; D. 1.81 in; W. 6.8 cm; H. 10.6 cm; D. 4.6 cm;
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