'The Pharaoh's Gift' and 'The Queen's Offering' After Emile Louis Picault (French, 1833-1915) signed to base: 'Picault' bronze, accompanied by wooden pedestals heights: 73 cm, pedestal heights: 133 cm (2). Provenance: Acquired from Malmaison Antiques, New York, in 1997. Literature: H. Berman, Bronzes, Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930, Chicago, 1980, vol. IV, p. 928, pl. 3539 and pl. 3540 (another cast illustrated as 'Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt'). M. Forrest, Art Bronzes, Pennsylvania, 1988, p. 90, no. 2.196, (another cast illustrated as 'Egyptians').