Wonderful pair of bronze busts in the orientalist style depicting a companion pair of a man & woman.  These fabulous busts stand 14.5" & 14" high respectively and are both finished on matching solid black marble bases.  Both bear signatures but they are hard to read, please see photos but i think it reads 'I BUESCK'.

Orientalism is primarily a term used for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists.

Since the 19th century, "orientalist" has been the traditional term for a scholar of Oriental studies, however the use in English of "Orientalism" to describe academic "Oriental studies" is rare; the Oxford English Dictionary cites only one such usage, by Lord Byron in 1812. Orientalism was more widely used to refer to the works of French artists in the 19th century, who used artistic elements derived from their travels to non-European countries of North Africa and Western Asia.