CIRCA 1750-52, LION FACING TO THE RIGHT WITH INCISED ARROW AND ANNULET MARK TO THE UNDERSIDE OF ONE

Details

A PAIR OF BOW WHITE MODELS OF LIONS
Circa 1750-52, lion facing to the right with incised arrow and annulet mark to the underside of one
Each seated on a shaped base, facing the same direction, but with its head facing in opposing directions, the left forepaw resting on a stump
4½in. (11.5cm.) long (2)

Provenance

With Armin B. Allen, London

Exhibited

London, Armin B. Allen ,The Henry C. and Martha L. Isaacson Collection, English, French and Italian Porcelain, June 1989, number 20

Lot Essay

See Anton Gabszewicz, Geoffrey Freeman Collection, 1982, no. 75, color plate V for the same model as the knop of a tureen; also Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1988, lot 534 (880) for another marked but standing lion from this series with similar shaped base

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