Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Redo 5" long X 4

5" long X 4

The stylized Serpentine base having a single central drawer

the writing surface having a red 'bull's blood' tooled & gilded leather

the chairs having back rails & arms carved with acanthus leaves

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Redo 5" long X 4Antique, Art Nouveau bronze of a beautiful maiden in the Neo Classical manner by Emmanuel Villanis, Circa 1900. The bronze, titled "Phryne" depicts a beautiful Neo Classical maiden, titled to the front on the socle. The bust meant to be an interpretation of the ancient Greek beauty Phryne, daughter of Epicles and a model of a number of ancient Greek artists sculptors. The bronze made by the lost wax (cire perdue) method and having the circular