Lot 127 A
127 A
A Bow figure of Bacchus, the god modelled standing resting against a massive vine-encrusted urn to one side as he squeezes a bunch of grapes into a goblet, vines garlanding his hair, a cloak about him and a hare hanging at his waist, above a scroll-moulded base, enriched in colours (top of goblet lacking, hare's ears lacking and back paws reglued, other chips to flowers), circa 1758 -- 10¼in. high

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A Bow figure of Bacchus, the god modelled standing resting against a massive vine-encrusted urn to one side as he squeezes a bunch of grapes into a goblet, vines garlanding his hair, a cloak about him and a hare hanging at his waist, above a scroll-moulded base, enriched in colours (top of goblet lacking, hare's ears lacking and back paws reglued, other chips to flowers), circa 1758 -- 10¼in. high

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Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, pl. 237 and 238, p.143, for two similar if possibly later examples

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