Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 239
A good Höchst figure of Venus dated 1771
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A good Höchst figure of Venus dated 1771, modelled by J P Melchior, the Classical maiden modelled nude and preserving her modesty with one arm, her left hand resting on her robe which drapes over a tree stump behind, raised on a low grassy base, blue crowned wheel mark, incised I P Melchior f.1771 to the reverse, 18.5cm.
Cf. Christie's, 4th October 1982, lot 91 for a similar example now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.