A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE STUDY ENTITLED 'GROUPE DE LAPINS', after a model by Clovis Masson, one rabbit shown seated on its hind quarters whilst the other in front eats a lettuce leaf, on an oval naturalistic base inscribed Susse Frs Edts and signed to the reverse C. Masson and stamped again by the foundry, the underside stamped with the title

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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE STUDY ENTITLED 'GROUPE DE LAPINS', after a model by Clovis Masson, one rabbit shown seated on its hind quarters whilst the other in front eats a lettuce leaf, on an oval naturalistic base inscribed Susse Frs Edts and signed to the reverse C. Masson and stamped again by the foundry, the underside stamped with the title
3½in. (8.8cm.) wide; 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high

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Clovis Edmond Masson (d.1913) was born in Paris and studied under Santiago, Barye and Rouillard. He exhibited at the Salon from 1867 to 1881 and subsequently at the Salon des Artistes Français, winning an honourable mention in 1890.