Lot 840
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AN AUSTRIAN MAJOLICA BUST OF A BANJO PLAYER
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AN AUSTRIAN MAJOLICA BUST OF A BANJO PLAYER

CAST AFTER A MODEL BY PIETRO CALVI (1833-1884)

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AN AUSTRIAN MAJOLICA BUST OF A BANJO PLAYER
CAST AFTER A MODEL BY PIETRO CALVI (1833-1884)
Wearing colourful coat and waistcoat, his top hat decorated with flowers, the banjo in majolica with a painted wood strut
30 in. (76 cm.) high
On a Doulton majolica pedestal with moulded foliate decoration, circa 1890's, the base impressed 'DOULTON & CO. LAMBETH. LONDON', 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

One of Calvi's final creations was a polyrchromed variegated marble group entitled 'The Minstrel', exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883. This was the basis for the majolica and terracotta models made in Austrian . See Christie's London, 29 September 2005, lot 65, for a marble version signed by Calvi.

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