Lot Essay
See Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman, London, 1982, p. 158, fig. 268 for the bunting.
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CIRCA 1760
Details
FOUR BOW MODELS OF BIRDS
Circa 1760
Including a model of a bunting perched on a treestump applied with flowers and preening its feathers; a pair of canaries similarly perched; and a single model of the male, its plumage variantly painted, larger flowers applied to branches on the treestump
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, the first (4)
Circa 1760
Including a model of a bunting perched on a treestump applied with flowers and preening its feathers; a pair of canaries similarly perched; and a single model of the male, its plumage variantly painted, larger flowers applied to branches on the treestump
3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, the first (4)
Provenance
With Philip Suval, New York, 1952 and 1965