Lot Archive

Lot

№ 969

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8 September 2000

Hammer Price:
£35

France, Les Animaux Malades de la Peste, 1940, a uniface bronze medal by C.-L. Virion, animals seated in a semi-circle presided over by a lion accusing an ass, 59mm (CGMP p.400). About extremely fine, scarce (£30-40)

A scene derived from the fable of Jean de la Fontaine