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Lot 162

A Plymouth white figure emblematic of Asia, circa 1768-70

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium

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A Plymouth white figure emblematic of Asia, circa 1768-70

From a set of the Four Continents, modelled as a classical lady standing beside a tree trunk, holding a covered urn in her hands, a Sultan's turban at her feet and a camel seated behind her, on a scroll base, 32cm high

Footnotes

Three varying examples of this model from the Stephen Simpson Collection are illustrated together by F Severne Mackenna, Cookworthy's Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain (1946), pl.52, fig.92. A coloured version was sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 105, alongside a Bristol version of the same figure at lot 104. See the footnote to lot 160 in this sale.

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