Lot 16
16
A RALPH WOOD GROUP OF A SPANISH PEASANT WORSHIPPING beside a recumbent sheep, the kneeling bearded figure with black hair, a dark-brown hat attached to the back of his light-brown jacket and wearing a pale-yellow waistcoat and green trousers, the sheep splashed in dark-brown, on a foliage-moulded rectangular base enriched shades of green, brown and ochre (slight glaze flaking to brim of hat, slight chips to base), circa 1785

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A RALPH WOOD GROUP OF A SPANISH PEASANT WORSHIPPING beside a recumbent sheep, the kneeling bearded figure with black hair, a dark-brown hat attached to the back of his light-brown jacket and wearing a pale-yellow waistcoat and green trousers, the sheep splashed in dark-brown, on a foliage-moulded rectangular base enriched shades of green, brown and ochre (slight glaze flaking to brim of hat, slight chips to base), circa 1785
15.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. Frank Falkner, op. cit., pl. XII, no. 59; Frank Partridge Ltd., op. cit., p. 19, no. 81; Leslie B. Grigsby, op. cit., p. 460, no. 294; Captain R.K. Price, op. cit., pl. XXIX, no. 8; Pat Halfpenny, op. cit., p. 81 for the example on the City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent and the example sold in these Rooms on 6 June 1988, lot 19

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