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A PAIR OF EMILE GUILLEMINE FRENCH SILVERED BRONZE FIGURES - Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907), two silver plated bronze Oriental figurines, one depicts a Turkish hunter raising his leg under a goat and holding a falcon on his left hand, and a Turkish female dancer wearing a finely detailed dress and carrying a rolled up flag. Both sculptures are signed on a circular base: 'E. le Guillemin.' Note: Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin was a French sculptor of the Belle Epoque. He worked in bronze. He studied under his father, the painter Auguste Guillemin, and under Jean-Jules Salmson. He showed work at the Salon of Paris from 1870 to 1899, and in 1897 received an honorable mention there. Dimensions: H: 10 in., (25.5 cm.) Condition: Very good overall with expeted signs of wear.