An antique cast bronze Oriental figurine depicting an Arab man riding a camel by the French animal sculptor Charles Valton, 1851 to 1918. Signed, Valton, to the base. Mounted on a stable oval marble pedestal. Note: Charles Valton was a student of both Antoine Louis Barye and Emmanuel Fremiet, he studied at the famous Paris zoological garden, Jardin des Plantes. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1868. By 1914, over seventy of his models were exhibited at the Salon. In 1875, he became a member of the Society of French Artists. He received medals for his sculpture in 1875, 1885, as well as at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and 1900. In 1883, he became a Professor of Sculpture at the Germain Pilon School. In 1906, Valton received the Cross of the Legion d Honneur. His museum works include Mammoth and Polar Bear, (Natural History Museum, Paris), Head of a Lion, (Castres), Lion, (Constantine), and Tiger and Tigress at the Musee Galliera, Paris. Collectible European Sculpture And Decor, Animalia.