Lot 45
45
A CONTINENTAL BISCUIT GROUP OF CLASSICAL LOVERS WITH CUPID
A CONTINENTAL BISCUIT MYTHOLOGICAL GROUP OF VERTUMNUS AND POMONA

LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRENCH (SEVRES) OR ITALIAN

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A CONTINENTAL BISCUIT MYTHOLOGICAL GROUP OF VERTUMNUS AND POMONA


LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRENCH (SEVRES) OR ITALIAN
Pomona seated on a rocky mound and recoiling from Vertumnus holding a mask and trying to embrace her, winged Cupid standing behind her, on a circular plinth base.


14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high
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Please note that the subject of this group has been identified and the description in the catalogue should read: A CONTINENTAL BISCUIT MYTHOLOGICAL GROUP OF VERTUMNUS AND POMONA, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRENCH (SEVRES) OR ITALIAN

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Lot Essay

As related by Ovid in Metamorphoses, chapter 14:  In a last ditch effort to attract the attentions of the nymph Pomona, Vertumnus, a nature god who could assume any shape, changed himself into an old woman.  Having failed in this guise, he revealed himself to her in his true form – the moment captured in the present biscuit group.   Initially stunned, Pomona eventually succumbed to his seduction.

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