Amazon sphinx sculpture signed Comelli

Original sculpted statue of a seated Amazon resting on a lion skin signed by Arturo Comelli 1900-1975. The well sculpted pose of the athletic lady with contemplative but focused visage looking into the distance. Her Amazonian hair style in the neoclassical manner ( think Wonderwoman) . She sits upon a lion's skin aluding to the neoclassical pose of a Shinx. The artists is Arturo Comelli who was born in Nimis Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He studied as a monumental mason and emigrated to Australia in 1926 from North Eastern Italy. Comelli wanted his sculptures to be .. more on website