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CIRCA 1785, INCISED FLEUR DE LYS MARK
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A Buen Retiro white biscuit group
Circa 1785, incised fleur de lys mark
Modelled with three putti about an ivy-clad obelisk, one standing and holding up a crown of laurels, another seated at his feet holding a sword in his left hand, his other hand resting on a plumed helmet, a broken mossy fluted column behind him, another wearing a lion's pelt and spearing a dragon, on an elaborate high pierced rockwork base applied with shells, flowers and foliage (chip to seated putto's left foot, spear and dragon's right foot lacking, chipping to ivy, laurels, flowers and foliage)
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high
Circa 1785, incised fleur de lys mark
Modelled with three putti about an ivy-clad obelisk, one standing and holding up a crown of laurels, another seated at his feet holding a sword in his left hand, his other hand resting on a plumed helmet, a broken mossy fluted column behind him, another wearing a lion's pelt and spearing a dragon, on an elaborate high pierced rockwork base applied with shells, flowers and foliage (chip to seated putto's left foot, spear and dragon's right foot lacking, chipping to ivy, laurels, flowers and foliage)
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high
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