Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963) 'The Aristocrats': An Art Deco Cold-Painted and Carved Ivory Figural Group, circa 1925 modelled as young woman with plaited hair, wearing a long medievalist dress, and walking two borzoi; the figure raised on a green onyx plinth 40cm high, signed 'PROF.POERTZEL' in the cast Footnotes: Literature: Variant of model illustrated in Statuettes of the Art deco period, Alberto Shayo, ACC Art Books, 2016, p.202. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com