Lot 1
Circa 1752
From a set of the Senses and emblematic of Smell, modelled as a lady leaning to her right, smelling a flower and seated on a tree-stump applied with flowers and foliage on a shaped rockwork base
13cm high, 7cm wide, 8cm deep
Estimate $700 - $1,000
Some chips and discolouration to bodice, flower heads and edges of garments.
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The collection of the late Patricia Begg, OAM
Etruria Antique Gallery, 2018
Connoisseurs' Store, 1968
Taylor Collection, Melbourne
A Treasury of Bow, Ceramics and Glass Circle
2000, p. 62, no. 180.
For a similar example see Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures, Circa 1748-1774 (London, 1992), p. 127, pl. 100, no. (B44).
The Collection of the late Patricia Begg OAM
AUCTION
Sale: IT044
2:00pm - 17 June 2024
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)
VIEWING
Wed 12 June, 9am - 7pm
Thurs 13 June, by appointment
Fri 14 June, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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