Lot Essay
See Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 23 May 2002, lot 237 for an example of the present model and her male companion, together known as the 'New Dancers'.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL AND SHARON PHILLIPS
(LOTS 20-50)
A BOW BOCAGE 'NEW DANCERS' FIGURE OF A SHEPHERDESS
CIRCA 1768, IRON-RED DAGGER AND ANCHOR MARK
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A BOW BOCAGE 'NEW DANCERS' FIGURE OF A SHEPHERDESS
Circa 1768, iron-red dagger and anchor mark
Standing before an elaborate flowering tree and wearing brightly coloured and flowered clothes, on a four-footed scroll-moulded base applied with flowers and foliage and enriched with turquoise and gilding
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
Circa 1768, iron-red dagger and anchor mark
Standing before an elaborate flowering tree and wearing brightly coloured and flowered clothes, on a four-footed scroll-moulded base applied with flowers and foliage and enriched with turquoise and gilding
9½ in. (24 cm.) high