Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023
Lot 662
A Bow figure of Venus with doves
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A Bow figure of Venus with doves, c.1760-65, standing and wearing a short robe painted with flowers, her left elbow resting on a short stump applied with flowers, a pair of billing doves at her feet, the low scrolled base picked out in puce and turquoise, restoration to her right shoulder, 24cm.
Provenance: the John Buckingham Collection.
Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. 414.9:1885 for an identical example from the Lady Charlotte Schreiber Collection.