English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19th April 2016
Lot 301
A Höchst figure of Venus c.1770
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £320
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Description
A Höchst figure of Venus c.1770, 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, 18.5cm.
Cf. Christie's, 4th October 1982, lot 91 for a similar example now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.