Lot Essay
Similar models with putti riding the lion are known. Cf. Pat Halfpenny, p.91
Details
A pearlware model of a lion
naturalistically modelled standing, looking back, on a tree stump rectangular base moulded with shells and scrolls, painted in colours -- 5½in. (14cm.) wide, early 19th century (bocage lacking and restores)
See front cover illustration
naturalistically modelled standing, looking back, on a tree stump rectangular base moulded with shells and scrolls, painted in colours -- 5½in. (14cm.) wide, early 19th century (bocage lacking and restores)
See front cover illustration