VINCENT DÉSIRÉ FAURE DE BROUSSÉ (French, d. 1908). Madame Butterfly, 19th Century. Bronze. Signed on base: Faure de B...

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VINCENT DÉSIRÉ FAURE DE BROUSSÉ (French, d. 1908)
Madame Butterfly, 19th Century
Bronze
Signed on base: Faure de Broussé
32-1/4 inches (81.9 cm) high

Elaborately dressed in an Oriental costume and butterfly crown, her head lowered, holding an open fan in her right hand, a phoenix on her right thigh, its wings outspread, depicted standing in contrapposto on a circular plinth, her right foot raised on a two-handled urn

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