Vienna Bronze Gallery presents:

A RARE ANTIQUE VIENNA or WIENER BRONZE CAST IN THE TRADITIONAL LOST WAX TECHNIQUE (CIRE PERDUE).

with a fine old patina.

by FRANZ BERGMANN,

the renowned workshop which created great pieces with the highest quality level and the highest collectors and resale value!

Up for consideration is a quite unusual piece, a female centaur.

A fabulous example of Austrian bronze art with excellent detail.

This mythological character is quite rare and an excellent addition to any Art Nouveau and/or mythological collection.

DIMENSIONS:	c 2 1/2 " (6.5 cm) tall and long
AGE:	c. 1910
CONDITION:	Good. No restoration, no repairs, no touch ups! Please do not forget that you are bidding on a used item that always may show some traces of wear!
Link to our collection of:	EROTICA

Franz Bergmann (1838-1894) was a professional chaser from Gablonz who came to Vienna and founded a small bronze factory in 1860. His son Franz Xaver Bergmann (1861-1936) inherited the Company and opened a new foundry in 1900.

From that time the Bergmann bronzes were marked with the jar mark and outstanding works were signed Nam Greb (Bergman spelled backwards). Many of the bronzes from the 1900s were still based on designs by Franz Bergmann the elder.

In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attic vase-paintings, they are depicted as the head and torso of a human joined at the (human's) waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.

This half-human and half-animal composition has led many writers to treat them as liminal beings, caught between the two natures, embodied in contrasted myths, and as the embodiment of untamed nature.

The piece bears the Bergmann logo B in the urn or amphora and is marked AUSTRIA.

Inventory # SC 489