Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023
Lot 552
A rare Pratt ware figure of a sphinx or other...
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £500
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Description
A rare Pratt ware figure of a sphinx or other mythical creature, c.1800, modelled with the head and torso of a woman with an animal body, unusually incised with scales, decorated with splashes of ochre and brown, raised on a green mound base, some good restoration, 8.3cm across.
Provenance: from a private collection of Egyptomania.