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Obverse: A bottle of COCA MARIANI, with 'Vin tonique Mariani' on its label, is flanked at the left by an oak tree and by a coca plant at the right. LA FORCE (strength) at the left of the bottle opposite LA SANTÉ (Health) at the right. The bottle stands on a ledge beneath which appears PAR LE/VIN MARIANI (Vin Mariani larger size).
Reverse: Angelo Mariani is shown as a standing, classically-draped figure offering a bottle of Vin Mariani to a naked boy who is seated at the foot of a tree. Both figures raised on a ledge. Inscribed.
Reverse: Angelo Mariani is shown as a standing, classically-draped figure offering a bottle of Vin Mariani to a naked boy who is seated at the foot of a tree. Both figures raised on a ledge. Inscribed.
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Title
Angelo Mariani, celebrating the use of coca leaf in Vin Mariani, proprietory medicine
Date
ca. 1908
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 50.1 x W 38.2 x D (?) cm
Accession number
A.9-1976
Work type
Sculpture
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, Greater London SW7 2RL England
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