Fine Pottery and Porcelain - 5th February 2025
Lot 1221
A Nymphenburg bust of Spring, c.1765, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli as a Classical maiden wearing
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1134
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Description
A Nymphenburg bust of Spring, c.1765, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli as a Classical maiden wearing a floral diadem and a blue ribbon beneath her bare breasts, one shoulder draped in a robe pooling flowers before her, raised on a socle base decorated with the impressed shield mark, impressed Z to the underside, 15cm.
Cf. Bonhams, 17th June 2015, lot 192 for a complete set of the Four Seasons.