Estimate: $200 - $500
Price Realized: $366 Includes buyer's premium
A polychrome painted and glazed ceramic sculpture by Ronzan depicting a stylized leopard rendered in a seated posture with an alert expression and slightly open mouth, the surface detailed with hand-painted black rosettes and solid spotting on an ochre ground and a banded tail curled around the front paws, base bears a hand-painted black Ronzan signature and script stamp
White earthenware, glaze, paint
26 x 12 x 14 1/2 inches
The Estate of Janice and Donald Rosenthal
Good/Fair Condition, an old amateur repair to the foot, minor surface crazing to the clear overglaze, light scuffing along the underside base edges, and minimal manufacturing pitting consistent with production methods
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