G. ABELL (FRENCH, FL. EARLY 20TH CENTURY): A FINE EARLY 20TH CENTURY GILT BRONZE AND IVORY 'CHRYSELEPHANTINE' FIGURE OF JEANNE HATCHETTE ON HORSEBACK the horse rearing as the beautiful maiden raises her hatchet ready to strike, wearing armour and holding a shield, on a naturalistic rectangular base, signed 'G. Abell', and raised on stepped Verde Antico marble plinth, 55cm high x 50cm wide including base A similar example was at Sotheby's, 16 December 2015, lot 105 and a companion bronze depicting a charging knight was sold at C.G. Sloan & Company on 19 September 1993 (lot 3312).