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FOUR FRANKENTHAL PORCELAIN FIGURES ALLEGORICAL FOR THE FOUR SEASONS, gilt and painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief, on square grassy base, including;
- Spring personified by Flora wearing a flowering garment, holding a
basket filled with flowers
- Summer personified by Ceres wearing a flowering garment, carrying a
sheaf of corn
- Autumn personified by Bacchus, wearing a tiger skin, holding a golden cup and a bunch of grapes, leaning against a treestump
- Winter personified by Boreas, the grey-bearded old man thickly clad, standing beside a brazier
(damages) marked in underglaze blue, all 18th Century
14-16 cm high
See illustration (4)
- Spring personified by Flora wearing a flowering garment, holding a
basket filled with flowers
- Summer personified by Ceres wearing a flowering garment, carrying a
sheaf of corn
- Autumn personified by Bacchus, wearing a tiger skin, holding a golden cup and a bunch of grapes, leaning against a treestump
- Winter personified by Boreas, the grey-bearded old man thickly clad, standing beside a brazier
(damages) marked in underglaze blue, all 18th Century
14-16 cm high
See illustration (4)