Lot Essay
This figure is typical of the Lenci workshop in the 1920s and '30s which produced a wide range of female figures, frequently dressed in contemporary clothes, with serene, coy or coquettish expressions.
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'NELLA' A POLYCHROME PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE
MODELLED BY HELEN KONIG SCAVINI FOR LENCI, CIRCA 1931
modelled as young woman wearing red hat and black dress, seated on a bench with open book beside her, resting arms on knees and looking backwards at small frog perched on bench beside her, painted factory mark Lenci Made in Italy XIII (restoration to one hand)
9in. (22.8cm.) high
MODELLED BY HELEN KONIG SCAVINI FOR LENCI, CIRCA 1931
modelled as young woman wearing red hat and black dress, seated on a bench with open book beside her, resting arms on knees and looking backwards at small frog perched on bench beside her, painted factory mark Lenci Made in Italy XIII (restoration to one hand)
9in. (22.8cm.) high