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Lot 94

A Meissen allegorical figure of Winter, circa 1750-60

7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£600 - £800

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A Meissen allegorical figure of Winter, circa 1750-60

Modelled as an elderly, bearded man wearing a fur-lined purple cloak with foliate scrolls, standing by a brazier, 11.7cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base (fingers on right hand chipped)

Footnotes

Provenance:
An Italian private collection

The origins for the model of this figure can be found in the ivory sculptures by Balthasar Permoser.

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