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MID 18TH CENTURY, MARKED 172 IN BLACK
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a pair of dutch delft figures of diana and mercury
Mid 18th Century, marked 172 in black
Diana is modelled as a nude woman with a drapery over her hips and holding a quiver in her left hand and with a dog at her heels, wearing a crescent head-dress (one finger restored, both legs of the dog restored), and Mercury as a nude man wearing a winged hat and holding a magic wand in his left arm, with a chicken at his side (neck, wing of chicken and wand restored), both on a square plinth painted in colours with scrolling foliage, the sides with stylised lappets
Circa 26.5 cm. (10 3/8 in.) high (2)
Mid 18th Century, marked 172 in black
Diana is modelled as a nude woman with a drapery over her hips and holding a quiver in her left hand and with a dog at her heels, wearing a crescent head-dress (one finger restored, both legs of the dog restored), and Mercury as a nude man wearing a winged hat and holding a magic wand in his left arm, with a chicken at his side (neck, wing of chicken and wand restored), both on a square plinth painted in colours with scrolling foliage, the sides with stylised lappets
Circa 26.5 cm. (10 3/8 in.) high (2)
Literature
cf. Lunsingh Scheurleer, D.F., Delft, Niederlndische Fayence, Mnchen 1984, p. 319, no. 372