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Lot 236
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A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) porcelain bust of "Summer", circa 1790

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • ceramic
  • 13cm, 5 1/8in high overall, the bust 8cm, 3 1/8in
as a bacchic youth wearing a vine wreath and leopardskin, looking to sinister, on a gilt-edged socle, mounted on a contemporary Meissen pedestal (some chips)

Provenance

With Sestrieri, Rome, 1960

Condition

chip to base of socle
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