101817 | FRANCE. Water Buffalo Art Deco bronze uniface Plaque.
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101817 | FRANCE. Water Buffalo Art Deco bronze uniface Plaque. Issued circa 1931. African animals series (75x51mm, 129.86 g). By M. ThƩnot in Paris.
Water buffalo standing right among the weeds and ferns. Edge: «cornucopia» BRONZE FRANCE.
Gem Mint State. Yellow-bronze surfaces, with great detail and relief on the obverse.
Likely issued around the time of the French colonial expoāheld in Paris from MayāNovember 1931āthis is from a series of ten plaques sculpted by Maurice RenĆ© ThĆ©not displaying animals from Africa. All are rather imposing and feature the very much en vogue use of Art Deco.