"Golden Pheasant" Polychrome glazed earthenware sculpture with gold highlights.
Signed in underglaze ink "Lamourdedieu" on the plinth and stamped "Evolution" intaglio in the paste under the base.
Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu (1877 - 1953) known as Raoul Lamourdedieu is a French sculptor and medalist. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux in 1894. He continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studios of Alexandre Falguière and Alexandre Charpentier. In 1900, he produced sculptures for the decoration of the Grand Palais in Paris.
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