A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'CHRIST'S AGONY'

CIRCA 1835

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'CHRIST'S AGONY'
Circa 1835
Of Sherratt-type, modelled as Christ kneeling and praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before a flowering tree, a winged angel holding a chalice and kneeling on the plinth at His right, impressed 'Father Let This Cup Pass', on a serpentine base, named on an oval panel
10½in. (26.5cm.) high

出版

Manheim, pl. no. 47

拍品專文

See Haggar, fig. 74, for an example without bocage. The quote found here is taken from The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Chapter 6 and reads 'O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt'.