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Large Napoleon III period clock in alabaster and gilded metal.
Etruscan-inspired, decorated with a sculpture of Erato, muse of lyric poetry, seated on a curved seat with cervid legs and playing the aulos, signed Théodore DORIOT (1829-1937), a pupil of François RUDE.
Flanked by female masks and dragons, it stands on small sheathed feet.
Complete and in very good condition, movement to be overhauled
height 45 cm
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