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France, Le Chant, c.1895, a cast uniface yellow-brass bas-relief medal by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, female bust left, hand raised, singing, back stamped collection personnelle de l’auteur in tablet, 62mm (BDM VII, 177-8; PBE –). Good very fine, extremely rare (£120-150)

Provenance:
From the personal collection of Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier.

A trial for the handle of a drawer or a door. For a somewhat similar piece featuring a younger sitter, see BDW 5, lot 59 (Jones, Art of the Medal, 343)