Lot number 3306 - Auction 160
SITZENDE SONNENGÖTTIN / TEMPELTÄNZERIN

JOSEF LORENZL 1892 Vienna - 1950 Vienna (probably) SEATED SUN GODDESS / TEMPLE DANCER Bronze, dark patina, cold-painted, on a faceted onyx base (height 13 cm). Total height 33 cm, width 13.5 cm, depth 13 cm; weight approx. 4.17 kg. Marked "Real Bronze" and "Made in Austria" on the back of the foot; unsigned, attributed to Josef Lorenzl. Fully modeled figure of a kneeling exotic dancer in a meditative, elegantly curved pose with arms crossed in front of her body. She wears a striking, ray- or flame-shaped headdress painted in cold-painted red. Part. bumped and rubbed, loss of paint., rest.