Lot 55
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A TERRACOTTA STATUETTE 'A HINDU WOMAN PLACING A LAMP ON THE GANGES'
THE HONE COLLECTION (LOTS 1-143)
A TERRACOTTA STATUETTE `A HINDU WOMAN PLACING A LAMP ON THE GANGES'

BY JOSPEH GOTT (1786-1860)

Details
A TERRACOTTA STATUETTE 'A HINDU WOMAN PLACING A LAMP ON THE GANGES'
BY JOSPEH GOTT (1786-1860)
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, 14 February 1991, lot 89.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Joseph Gott 1786-1860 Sculptor, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1972, plate 35.

Lot Essay

This terracotta figure is a finished study for the marble version, sold Christie’s, London, 28 September 1989. The marble was originally commissioned by Gott’s patron Benjamin Rawson of Nidd Hall, Yorkshire, and takes its inspiration from the fashionable Orientalist romance Lalla Rookh, by Thomas Moore. A further maquette is recorded by Anthony Outred, London.


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