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France, Conservation des Forêts, or Terraum Decus, 1904, a bronze medal by H. Cros for the SAMF, half-length figure of naked woman, representing the Goddess of the Forest, with a wreath around her body, reverse Goddess in the act of stopping a centaur from gnawing at a tree, 60mm, edge stamped 153 (Coll. R. Marx 115; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.40, 53; BDM –). About extremely fine and very rare (£70-90)

Henri Cros (1840-1907), sculptor