Lot 429
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A CHELSEA FIGURE GROUP THE MADONNA AND CHILD
A CHELSEA FIGURE GROUP THE MADONNA AND CHILD

CIRCA 1755

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A CHELSEA FIGURE GROUP THE MADONNA AND CHILD
Circa 1755
The Madonna seated on a plinth, turned towards and with her right arm around the Christ Child standing on a globe at her right, a serpent coiled around its base and eating an apple, the shaped base applied with flowers
8.3/8in. (21.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Arthur Hayden, Catalogue of the Lady Ludlow Collection, London, 1932, plate 67, no. 159; R. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Red Anchor Wares, Leigh-on-Sea, 1951, plate 59, fig. 118; Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century Porcelain Figures 1745-1795, London, 1981, p. 293, C103