The following year she was invited to exhibit at the Salon des Tuileries where her design of the head & torso of a Chinese philosopher earned enthusiastic reviews; The Straits Times (1932) wrote: "Like Byron, one morning Dora Gordine woke up famous". Between 1929 and 1935 she sculpted bronzes for the City Hall, Singapore.
The following year, Dora Gordine was invited to exhibit her sculpture at the Salon des Tuileries, where her design of a Chinese philosopher's head and torso received positive reviews; The Straits Times (1932) remarked that she had become famous overnight, like Byron. Between 1929 and 1935, she sculpted bronzes for the City Hall in Singapore.