English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th October 2009
Lot 143
A large Bow figure of Flora
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2400
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Description
A large Bow figure of Flora, after Farnese, the goddess holding her robe, her left hand clasping a small posy, draped in a yellow robe painted with floral motifs, raised on a marbled and flower encrusted base, c.1760, damages and repairs, 45.5cm.
Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, p.138 and Haskell & Penny, Taste and the Antique, no. 41 for the history of the original statue.
