Early 20th Century Walking Lion Blue Telephone Date: Circa 1935

Date:  Circa 1935

Set on a four-legged weighted base with circular fork and flat barrel counterpoise weight

he signed his own name to each piece

Date:  circa 1935

new approaches to design were challenging the revivalist styles of the day

Early 20th Century Walking Lion Blue Telephone Date: Circa 1935An early 20th century bronze sculpture cast after the original 'Lion Qui Marche' by Antoine Louis Barye . Set over a variegated marble base. This cast is particularly good quality given it came some forty years later than the original. Dimensions: H 32cm W 42cm D 14cm Origin: French Date: Circa 1920 Antoine Louis Barye (1795 1875) was a premier French Romantic sculptor renowned as the father of the 'animalier' school Born in Paris, Barye initially