Lot Essay
After Sèvres biscuit models by Boizot, originally produced in 1791
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A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURES OF THE CONTINENTS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND I MARKS
Europe modelled as a woman in pale blue tunic, striped robe and yellow-lined maroon cloak, holding a sword and a shield moulded with a horse, seated on a cannon and rockwork, a cornucopia spilling fruit to her left, books to her right and a putto and globe behind her; Asia as a woman in fur-lined purple cloak flowered tunic and yellow bloomers holding a smoking brazier and a shield moulded with a camel seated on rockwork, a putto in Turkish turban holding a sword and a shield behind her--15in. high, the largest (2)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BEARING BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND I MARKS
Europe modelled as a woman in pale blue tunic, striped robe and yellow-lined maroon cloak, holding a sword and a shield moulded with a horse, seated on a cannon and rockwork, a cornucopia spilling fruit to her left, books to her right and a putto and globe behind her; Asia as a woman in fur-lined purple cloak flowered tunic and yellow bloomers holding a smoking brazier and a shield moulded with a camel seated on rockwork, a putto in Turkish turban holding a sword and a shield behind her--15in. high, the largest (2)