Lot 36
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A Bow white figure of a sphinx
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A Bow white figure of a sphinx

CIRCA 1750

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A Bow white figure of a sphinx
Circa 1750
With a lady's head and lion's paws, wearing lace cap, drop ear rings and beaded necklace, an elaborate saddle on her back, recumbent on a rococo scroll-work base (her neck broken and repaired, slight chipping)
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long
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Lot Essay

For a similar pair see Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain, The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman (London, 1982), p. 124, no. 189. See also High Tait, Apollo, June 1960, for a discussion of the derivation of this model from an original French print source.

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