A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES MODELS OF RECUMBENT LIONS

19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS

細節

A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES MODELS OF RECUMBENT LIONS
19th century, impressed uppercase marks
Modelled recumbent along rectangular bases, their tails curled around opposing haunches
9in. (23cm.) long (2)

來源

Property of a Private Collector; Sotheby's, New York, 12-14 April 1984, lots 548

拍品專文

The present model, copied after lions found on either side of the staircase leading from the Piazza Areceli to the Capitol in Rome, is likely based on a model used to decorate the four corners of the steps of the Casino ar Marino, Clontarf, Dublin designed by Sir William Chambers for the first Earl of Charlemont. See Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, vol. I, fig. 665, p. 464; also Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 17 May 1976, lot 119 for a smaller pair of this model.