Lot number 3231 - Auction 150
LIEGENDE KLEOPATRA

JOHAN WOLFGANG (JOHN W.) ELISCHER 1891 Vienna - 1966 Australia Lying Cleopatra Bronze, dark patina, on a stone base (H. 2.5 cm). Total height 23 cm, width 36 cm, depth 23 cm, weight approx 10,18kg. Elegant representation of the Egyptian queen, unclothed, in a calm, graceful pose, resting on a divan with a tiger skin and sphinx feet, wearing a striking, delicate headdress. Her right arm is entwined by a snake - a direct reference to the legend of her suicide. Partial loss of patina, min. rest. and chipped.