Pair of Art Deco bronze bookends picturing Lamassu, a human headed winged lion, signed by C. Charles.
Egyptian revival, France 1930.
The Lamassu is a mythical creature present in ancient Assyrian architecture. These towering creatures were over four meters tall and depicted a beast with the body of a bull or lion, the head of a man, and the wings of an eagle.
“The dictionary of sculptors in bronze” by James Mackay. Antique collectors club. “Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs,dessinateurs et graveurs” by E. Benezit. Gründ. “Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l’antiquité à nos jours “ by Jean Charles Hachet. Argus Valentines.
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