Lot Essay
See Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures, Suffolk, 1981, p. 161, pl. 75 for a set of three.
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CIRCA 1755
Details
A PAIR OF BOW WHITE BUSTS EMBLEMATIC OF SEASONS
CIRCA 1755
Summer modeled as Ceres with wheat sheaves in her hair, Autumn as a leering bearded Bacchus wearing a crown of grapevine, both on waisted plinths
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) high, Summer (2)
CIRCA 1755
Summer modeled as Ceres with wheat sheaves in her hair, Autumn as a leering bearded Bacchus wearing a crown of grapevine, both on waisted plinths
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) high, Summer (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 October 1992, lot 236.