Antique Solid Bronze Nubian with Hand Drum/Tambourine, Swivels on Tree, Green Marble Plinth RARE

Antique Solid Bronze Nubian with Hand Drum/Tambourine, Swivels on Tree, Green Marble Plinth RARE

Title: Bronze Sculpture of a Young Drummer
Material: Cast bronze
Design: A detailed depiction of a young male figure playing a drum, standing on a rocky base. The figure wears traditional tribal attire, including a necklace, loincloth, and anklet, with precise details in the drum and stance.
Base: Mounted on a circular stone or marble base, which enhances its stability and presentation.
Era: Likely late 19th to early 20th century, based on style and craftsmanship.

The Antique Solid Bronze Nubian sculptures are part of a broader tradition of Orientalist art, which became popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These artworks often depicted exoticized or romanticized scenes of North African, Middle Eastern, and African figures, sometimes in ceremonial or cultural activities. This particular sculpture, featuring a Nubian figure with a hand drum or tambourine, likely stems from this tradition.

Nubian figures were often portrayed in bronze during this period due to the European fascination with African culture and history. The figure's position, swiveling on a tree, adds a dynamic quality to the sculpture. At the same time, the green marble plinth serves as a luxurious base that elevates the piece both physically and aesthetically. The use of bronze reflects the high level of craftsmanship, as it was a preferred material for fine art sculptures due to its durability and detail-retaining properties.

These sculptures were often crafted in European foundries during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with influences from French, Italian, and Belgian artisans.

Amazing and rare. This Nubian is extremely ornate (please use Zoom tool) and swivels on a gorgeously detailed tree stump.

Approximately 10.5 inches tall, 5 inches across (base) and weighs just over 5lbs. Meant for a collector.

Antique Solid Bronze Nubian Drummer on Green Marble Plinth (Swivel Base)

Year: Circa early 20th century (c. 1900–1930)

History:
This piece reflects the Orientalist and exoticist decorative arts movement that flourished in Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this period, depictions of Nubian, North African, and Middle Eastern subjects were highly popular in both fine and decorative arts. Such sculptures were often crafted in bronze and mounted on marble or onyx plinths for display in upper-class homes or as part of luxurious interior design schemes. This example features a skilled casting of a young male figure in stylized native attire holding a tambourine or frame drum. The inclusion of a rotating or swivel base is a relatively rare feature that may have been used to allow the figure to rotate as part of a table centerpiece or music box setting.

Description:

Solid bronze figure with dark brown patina

Young Nubian male kneeling on a stylized tree stump

Tambourine or hand drum held aloft

Cast necklace and skirted attire with detailed drapery folds

Head features finely detailed hair styled in a topknot

Rotating base mechanism integrated into green marble plinth

Overall height approx. 12–14" (estimated from scale)

No visible signature, but in the style of Franz Bergman or similar Viennese foundries

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Smoke free home; mine as well as the estate of the collector from which this was inherited.

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