A PAIR OF ZÜRICH FIGURES OF SKATERS emblematic of Winter, he green fur-lined hat, puce frock-coat and breeches, flowered-yellow waistcoat, puce gloves, long white stockings and black shoes, a pair of skates in his pocket, smoking a pipe and standing on a circular rockwork base, she in white scarf, ermine-lined puce-flowered pink jacket, purple-patterned yellow skirt and black shoes, her hands in a muff and a pair of skates over her right arm, standing on a circular mound base (he with restoration to flap of pocket, broken and restored through base and his right leg, end of pipe lacking and very minor chip to mouth, she with restoration to back of base and slight restored chip to edge of base), circa 1768 | Christie's

Lot 37

A PAIR OF ZÜRICH FIGURES OF SKATERS emblematic of Winter, he green fur-lined hat, puce frock-coat and breeches, flowered-yellow waistcoat, puce gloves, long white stockings and black shoes, a pair of skates in his pocket, smoking a pipe and standing on a circular rockwork base, she in white scarf, ermine-lined puce-flowered pink jacket, purple-patterned yellow skirt and black shoes, her hands in a muff and a pair of skates over her right arm, standing on a circular mound base (he with restoration to flap of pocket, broken and restored through base and his right leg, end of pipe lacking and very minor chip to mouth, she with restoration to back of base and slight restored chip to edge of base), circa 1768

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A PAIR OF ZÜRICH FIGURES OF SKATERS emblematic of Winter, he green fur-lined hat, puce frock-coat and breeches, flowered-yellow waistcoat, puce gloves, long white stockings and black shoes, a pair of skates in his pocket, smoking a pipe and standing on a circular rockwork base, she in white scarf, ermine-lined puce-flowered pink jacket, purple-patterned yellow skirt and black shoes, her hands in a muff and a pair of skates over her right arm, standing on a circular mound base (he with restoration to flap of pocket, broken and restored through base and his right leg, end of pipe lacking and very minor chip to mouth, she with restoration to back of base and slight restored chip to edge of base), circa 1768
he 21.5cm. high
she 21cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Siegfried Ducret, op. cit., p. 48 fig. 79 and 80; see also the Sammlung Alfred Schwarzenbach sold Sotheby's Zürich on 7 May 1974, lots 116 and 117

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