拍品專文
Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, 1750-1848, 1990, no. 298. pp. 346-347.
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THE PROPERTY OF A WESTERN GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 176-185)
A DERBY FIGURE OF MINERVA
CIRCA 1765
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A DERBY FIGURE OF MINERVA
Circa 1765
The goddess of Wisdom standing to the right of a stack of books on which is perched her owl, a shield moulded and enriched in gilt with a medusa mask beside the books, the goddess wearing flowered gown and pink-lined green draped stole, on pierced rocaille-moulded base before a flowering bocage
11 in. (28 cm.) high
Circa 1765
The goddess of Wisdom standing to the right of a stack of books on which is perched her owl, a shield moulded and enriched in gilt with a medusa mask beside the books, the goddess wearing flowered gown and pink-lined green draped stole, on pierced rocaille-moulded base before a flowering bocage
11 in. (28 cm.) high