A DOCCIA WHITE PORCELAIN CANDLESTICK FIGURE OF CERES
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A DOCCIA WHITE PORCELAIN CANDLESTICK FIGURE OF CERES

CIRCA 1760

Details
A DOCCIA WHITE PORCELAIN CANDLESTICK FIGURE OF CERES
CIRCA 1760
Modelled by Gaspero Bruschi, after Balthasar Permoser, emblematic of Summer with a sheaf of corn and a cornucopia, a putto at her side
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
Provenance
Prof. Dr. Klaus Lankheit (1913-1992), and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

This figure is from a set of the Seasons modelled by Bruschi after a set of four ivories by the sculptor Balthasar Permoser (1651-1732), which were in the Ginori family collection (Palazzo Ginori) in Florence at the time the porcelain versions were created. A polychrome example of the same model is illustrated by Leonardo Ginori Lisci, La Porcellana di Doccia, Milan, 1963, p. 144, pl. LVIII and the figure of Ceres is also illustrated by Aileen Dawson, 'Unexpected Treasures - Doccia Porcelain in the British Museum' in Amici di Doccia, Quaderni, 2009, Vol. III, p. 19, where the author states that 'four parts of a model and one model for this group are listed in the factory inventory'.

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