Lot 100
100
A pair of Luneville recumbent lions
A pair of Luneville recumbent lions

CIRCA 1780

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A pair of Luneville recumbent lions
Circa 1780
Modelled to the right and left, each with its tail curled over its back, their white bodies with blue markings and yellow manes, the blue paws, ears and faces with manganese markings, the mouths, nostrils and pupils picked out in red, the ears pierced, on rectangular green-sponged plinths (very small chip to tip of tail of left lion and to rear left paw of right lion)
Approximately 18 in. (45.5 cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

For similar lions of this type sold in these Rooms, see H. Morley-Fletcher and R. McIlroy, European Pottery, p. 181. See the lions with very similar decoration sold in our Monaco Rooms on 7th December 1987, lot 124.

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