Antique French Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze Ivory Jester Sculpture Figure, 1920 Sculpture The casket was used for

The casket was used for storing highly prized betel nut

below are gilt bronze 'wave' pattern air holes to release fragrance from the interior

they were generally known as "Roman chairs"

the ends having incised carved decoration and acanthus leaf brackets

The work depicting an allegory of the arts

Antique French Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze Ivory Jester Sculpture Figure, 1920 Sculpture The casket was used forA good antique French Art Deco cold painted bronze and ivory statue figure of a jester, by Georges Omerth, circa 1920. The figure finely modeled as a jester and wearing a jester's hat (motley) and costume, a lute strapped to his back. Both the statue's hands and face are made from carved ivory, and the bronze is finely cold painted with bronzed & gilt patination, the figure is raised on a circular stepped variegated marble socle. The figure is all