"Sultan's Daughter", C. 1925, bronze with silver, green and gold patina of Sultan's Daughter gazing at her parrot while she reclines on a three-step marble plinth, her dress and shoes are adorned with detailed incised flowers. Apprx 10-1/2"H, base apprx 4-5/16" H x 22-7/8"W. Signed on first step behind figure. Joseph-Emmanuel-Jules Descomps was born in Clermont-Ferrand, and studied under H. Hiolin. He designed and executed a wide range of objects in the Art Nouveau style, including sculptures in bronze, jewelry, and in stone and ceramics. In the nineteen-twenties he concentrated more on small-scale sculptures, mostly in bronze and ivory. He exhibited regularly at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Francais, and was elected a Full Member in 1893. He was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Sculpture Section in 1898, and a Third Class Medal in 1900 in the Applied Arts Section.
3,500/5,500
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