Lot Essay
For further figures from this series see Helmut Scherf, Thüringer Porzellan (Leipzig, 1980), pl. 234. Another example of this model was sold by Sotheby's on 25th November 1997, lot 179.
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CIRCA 1780
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A LIMBACH ALLEGORICAL FIGURE OF A LADY
CIRCA 1780
Emblematic of Spring from a series of the Seasons, modelled standing holding a posy of flowers, wearing a laced bonnet, pearl necklace, a puce diaper-pattern over-jacket with yellow lining, a black bodice and frilled skirt painted with indianische Blumen, on a mound base (chip to right elbow, minute chipping to posy and ribbon on reverse of neck)
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 1780
Emblematic of Spring from a series of the Seasons, modelled standing holding a posy of flowers, wearing a laced bonnet, pearl necklace, a puce diaper-pattern over-jacket with yellow lining, a black bodice and frilled skirt painted with indianische Blumen, on a mound base (chip to right elbow, minute chipping to posy and ribbon on reverse of neck)
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high
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