Lot Essay
See the similar models illustrated by P. Vaca and J. Ruiz de Luna, Historira de la Ceramica de Talavera, Madrid, 1943, pl. 76.
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17TH CENTURY, THE BASE INSCRIBED IN MANGANESE PHELIPE, GARC,A/LINTERO:
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A TALAVERA MODEL OF A LION
17TH CENTURY, THE BASE INSCRIBED IN MANGANESE PHELIPE, GARC,A/LINTERO:
Stylised and modelled standing foresquare, its coat enriched in blue, yellow, ochre and green and highlighted in manganese, its tail curled around its back, wearing an ochre collar with a spout issuing from its forehead, on a rectangular base (tail cracked and restored, restoration to spout, ears, mouth, collar, cracked and restored through legs, three restored corners to base, some flaking to lacquering)
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
17TH CENTURY, THE BASE INSCRIBED IN MANGANESE PHELIPE, GARC,A/LINTERO:
Stylised and modelled standing foresquare, its coat enriched in blue, yellow, ochre and green and highlighted in manganese, its tail curled around its back, wearing an ochre collar with a spout issuing from its forehead, on a rectangular base (tail cracked and restored, restoration to spout, ears, mouth, collar, cracked and restored through legs, three restored corners to base, some flaking to lacquering)
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
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