Bronze Coin Tray by Ferdinand Levillain for Barbedienne

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France
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Patinated and gilded bronze
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Signed lower right: F. Levillain, for French sculptor Ferdinand Levillain (1837-1905). Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne.

The subject of the relief is: Bacchus and Ceres in search of Proserpine. Same relief at the Museum of Sens: click here for more information. and here for a Levillain exhibition with this work.

For another collaboration between Levillain and Barbedienne, in the Parisian Musée des Arts Décoratifs, click here.