Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2023

Lot 738

A rare Bow figure of a lady

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £450

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Description

A rare Bow figure of a lady, c.1758, after a Meissen model by Peter Reinicke, wearing a layered crinoline dress with a gilt locket or pocket watch suspended from her waist, holding a partially folded fan in her right hand, raised on a low scroll base with puce pencilling, minor chipping, 16cm.

Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, P.115 for the original Meissen figure and her companion, the Marquis.