Theodore Riviere for Sevres

Wonderful and so elegant bisque porcelain figure :

"Femme nue se cachant le visage"
(Naked woman hidding her face).

Signed, dated (1912). Maker mark. (Sevres). Perfect condition. Nothing broken. Will be sent with 8 pages of Theodore Riviere biography.
17.5cm high (6.9")

Théodore Rivière (1857-1912) was one of the leading Orientalist sculptors. He not only drew on literary texts but travelled extensively in North Africa, the Far East and South America.