Details
A NORTH ITALIAN GLAZED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A BLACKAMOOR ON A GILTWOOD CUSHION, with bald head, his jacket moulded with flowerheads and tied with a sash and wearing pantaloons and long boots, a bird perched on his right arm and holding a bowl and a goblet forming a candlestick balanced on his knees, on a later square tasselled giltwood cushion (tips of two fingers to right hand lacking, neck of bird and his right foot at ankle repaired), first half of the 18th century
11 5/8in. (19.5cm.) high, overall (2)
11 5/8in. (19.5cm.) high, overall (2)
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in the Large Drawing Room in the pre-1927 inventory and in 1939