Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 327.
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CIRCA 1805
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A Buen Retiro white biscuit group emblematic of the Triumph of Peace
Circa 1805
Peace crowned with laurels and dressed in long classical robes, standing in a languid pose, with grapes, flowers and coins spilling out from the large cornucopia in her left hand, extinguishing a long torch held in her right hand, a naked prisoner kneeling beside her, his hands chained behind his back to a tree-stump, another flaming torch on the ground and the implements of War including a helmet, shield, swords, arrows, a bow and quiver nearby, on a circular mound base (majority of torch lacking with small associated restoration to her right hand, small chipping to tree-stump and quiver, minute chipping to laurels, chipping to edge of base, firing cracks throughout)
9½ in. (23.9 cm.) high
Circa 1805
Peace crowned with laurels and dressed in long classical robes, standing in a languid pose, with grapes, flowers and coins spilling out from the large cornucopia in her left hand, extinguishing a long torch held in her right hand, a naked prisoner kneeling beside her, his hands chained behind his back to a tree-stump, another flaming torch on the ground and the implements of War including a helmet, shield, swords, arrows, a bow and quiver nearby, on a circular mound base (majority of torch lacking with small associated restoration to her right hand, small chipping to tree-stump and quiver, minute chipping to laurels, chipping to edge of base, firing cracks throughout)
9½ in. (23.9 cm.) high
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