English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th October 2009

Lot 382

A pearlware figure of Hercules and the Cretan Bull

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £440

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Description

A pearlware figure of Hercules and the Cretan Bull, the hero wrestling the troublesome bovine to the ground as his seventh labour, wearing his lion skin robe, raised on a flower encrusted base, c.1800, a little good restoration, 14.8cm. Paper label for D.M. & P. Manheim.