Lot 102
102
A PAIR OF JOHN BEVINGTON WHITE-GLAZED FIGURES OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER AND UNA AND THE LION on rectangular bases (hairline cracks, minute chip to panther's left ear and to Una's right index finger), blue crossed swords mark and JB monogram, circa 1875

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A PAIR OF JOHN BEVINGTON WHITE-GLAZED FIGURES OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER AND UNA AND THE LION on rectangular bases (hairline cracks, minute chip to panther's left ear and to Una's right index finger), blue crossed swords mark and JB monogram, circa 1875
10½in. and 10in. (27.5cm. and 25.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

After models by John Bell for Minton for production in parian. The group of Ariadne and the panther is from the original marble sculpture by Dannecker. Cf. Paul Atterbury, (ed.), The Parian Phenomenon, p. 64, Fig. 80 for Minton examples

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