Antique French Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain 3 Piece Clock Candelabra Garniture 1870 Mid-Century Modern whose works reflect and record

whose works reflect and record the issues of traditional African life against the sometimes conflicting surroundings of modern society

including the private collection of Bill and Melinda Gates

and studied at the National School of Fine Arts and the Regional School of Fine Arts of Rouen

The bronze is raised on a black & gold pyramidal shaped marble plinth

Fernand Léger (1881-1955)Femme sur fond jaune (Woman Against Yellow Background)

Antique French Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain 3 Piece Clock Candelabra Garniture 1870 Mid-Century Modern whose works reflect and recordAn outstanding quality antique gilded bronze & Sevres porcelain French 3 piece, 8 day clock garniture with candelabra, by Brocot & Delettrez, Paris, circa 1870. The clock with an 'egg' shaped urn made of cobalt blue Sevres porcelain with a hand painted panel with a neo classical beauty and a cupid, the rear is painted with gilt birds & floral decoration. The urn with gilt bronze handles to the sides held in the mouths of lion's masks, the clock below