“Blue Bird” No. 1 Head raised.
Bronze sculpture with nuanced brown patina: Table bell depicting a bird on an inverted lotus flower.
Vintage cast iron by Susse Frères around 1920.
Signed "Ed.M. Sandoz" and "Susse Fres Edts Paris".
Model published from March 1919 to September 1930 in 51 copies.
Height: 14 cm
Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac: “Sandoz figurist and animal sculptor”, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1993, model reproduced on page 453 and numbered 1170.