Antique Austrian Franz Bergman Cold Painted Bronze Peacock Sculpture Statue 1920 Sold The stepped pediment to the

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Antique Austrian Franz Bergman Cold Painted Bronze Peacock Sculpture Statue 1920 Sold The stepped pediment to theSOLD A fine antique Austrian Art Nouveau coldpainted bronze sculpture of a peacock by Franz Bergman, Vienna, circa 1920. The bronze depicts a remarkably lifelike peacock with it's tail feathers unfanned, its vibrant, iridescent feather train with hues of emerald green, gold, and royal blue. The bronze most likely created for the Bergman foundry by artists Bruno Zach or Carl Kauba. The bronze having the Bergman foundry stamp of a "B" within a vase and