Antique 19th Century French Bonze Animalier Brown Bear Statue Sculpture Paris by Antoine-Louis Barye circa 1870 Sculpture The reverse trefoil base having

The reverse trefoil base having three lobes with circular ebonized caps and circular turned ebonized feet

The year after his return to Antwerp in 1642 he married Elisabeth Willemyns

the clock dial with black Roman numerals & is finely painted with two horses and a chariot with a putti falling out of the chariot

the carving was then sold in 1959 by the celebrated art dealer John J Klejman of the J

and attended the University of Oregon where he received a BS in art in 1919

Antique 19th Century French Bonze Animalier Brown Bear Statue Sculpture Paris by Antoine-Louis Barye circa 1870 Sculpture The reverse trefoil base havingA good antique bronze sculpture of a brown bear by the celebrated French Animalier sculptor Antoine Louis Barye, circa 1870. The bronze depicts a brown bear in a dynamic pose, head held up with a gaping jaw and one paw lifted and ready for action, the bear stands on a rocky outcrop and is raised on a black & white viened marble plinth. The bronze is cast by the lost wax method or "Cire Perdue" in French, the statue has a rich mellow patina and is