A PAIR OF MINTON PAINTED PARIAN FIGURES OF DANCING MAIDENS
DATE CYPHER FOR 1870, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND N TO BOTH, SHAPE NO. 182 IMPRESSED ..., SHAPE NO. 195 INCISED 8, AFTER A. CANOVA
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A PAIR OF MINTON PAINTED PARIAN FIGURES OF DANCING MAIDENS
Date cypher for 1870, impressed uppercase mark and N to both, shape no. 182 impressed ..., shape no. 195 incised 8, after A. Canova
Each modelled as a young girl dancing before a tree-stump, the front of each base inscribed 'Canova'
14.7/8in. (37.8cm.) high, the taller (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Atterbury, The Parian Phenomenon, Somerset, England, 1989, p. 89, fig. 143 and p. 103, fig. 272
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