A MINTON PARIAN FIGURE OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER after a model by John Bell, after the original model by Dannecker, the naked maiden with her hair en chignon, and adorned with a wreath of acanthus and two ribbons rippling along her right shoulder, seated gracefully to the right on the back of the beast, its back loosely covered with drapery held in her left hand, on a rectangular base, impressed mark and incised ermine mark, date code for 1862

A MINTON PARIAN FIGURE OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER after a model by John Bell, after the original model by Dannecker, the naked maiden with her hair en chignon, and adorned with a wreath of acanthus and two ribbons rippling along her right shoulder, seated gracefully to the right on the back of the beast, its back loosely covered with drapery held in her left hand, on a rectangular base, impressed mark and incised ermine mark, date code for 1862

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A MINTON PARIAN FIGURE OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER after a model by John Bell, after the original model by Dannecker, the naked maiden with her hair en chignon, and adorned with a wreath of acanthus and two ribbons rippling along her right shoulder, seated gracefully to the right on the back of the beast, its back loosely covered with drapery held in her left hand, on a rectangular base, impressed mark and incised ermine mark, date code for 1862
14½in. (37cm.) high

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Cf. The Victoria and Albert Exhibition Catalogue, Minton 1798-1910, pl. 18, no. D8

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