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Description
24" (61 cm.) Posed kneeling upon a three-stepped
wooden platform with paint-marbleized and
carpeted finish is a slender and refined
lady,with painted paper-mache head and torso,brown
glass eyes with articulated eyelids,flowing
brunette human hair,painted sandals and wearing an
airy crepe de chine flowing robe and jewelry
described in the original catalog as "costume
magnifique enrichi de pierreries". The lady is
kneeling on one knee while the other is
bent,realistically posed beside a wooden string
harp with elegant shape and metal Egyptian head
terminal.Movements and Music. Her right arm moves
laterally to the instrument as her right wrists
bends to "pluck" the strings. Alternately her left
arm rises and lowers vertically in an arc to
"strum" the celestial chords. Her head turns and
nods in a realistic manner as she changes her gaze
from the harp-playing to a presumed salutation of
the audience. In addition,her breastplate heaves
slowly,providing the natural effect that she is
breathing. Her eyelids open and close. There are
two tunes. Gustave Vichy,Paris,circa 1890. The
model appeared in an early Vichy catalog as
#661,entitled "Egyptian a genoux",with "modele
depose" indication. The extremely rare model is
seldom found today,this example wonderfully
preserved with luxury details in
creation,accessories,music and movement.