拍品专文
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848, London, 1990, pp. 139-140, fig. F17.
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THE PROPERTY OF A WESTERN GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 176-185)
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF CLASSICAL MAIDENS EMBLEMATIC OF 'WATER' AND 'AIR'
CIRCA 1770
细节
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF CLASSICAL MAIDENS EMBLEMATIC OF 'WATER' AND 'AIR'
Circa 1770
Each modeled as a bare-breasted muse standing before a flowering bocage holding her respective attribute, 'Water' holding a fish in each hand, a basket of fish at her feet on the left, flowing water and an overturned urn at her right, 'Air' holding a bird in her right hand, her left resting on the open bird cage resting atop the bocage at her left, both on mound bases applied with flowers similar to those on the bocage, the base set into a rocaille-moulded bezel enriched in turquoise and gilt
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1770
Each modeled as a bare-breasted muse standing before a flowering bocage holding her respective attribute, 'Water' holding a fish in each hand, a basket of fish at her feet on the left, flowing water and an overturned urn at her right, 'Air' holding a bird in her right hand, her left resting on the open bird cage resting atop the bocage at her left, both on mound bases applied with flowers similar to those on the bocage, the base set into a rocaille-moulded bezel enriched in turquoise and gilt
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high (2)