Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910 Sold This casket most likely dates

This casket most likely dates to the middle of the 16th century and is unusual in that the dials are repeated on each side

This is also reflected in the price

width: 19")

four drawers

Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910 Sold This casket most likely datesA very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861 1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910. The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave girl and an Arab trader, the two figures standing on a rocky outcrop. He wearing a cold painted robe and she protecting her modesty with a garment. The statue is signed with Bergmann's initial "B" inside a twin handled urn, below are the letters "GESCH" an abbreviation for