Property from a Distinguished Estate, New York.
A Nymphenburg White Porcelain Bust of a Young Girl, Circa 1761
Lot Closed
October 17, 03:55 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli, with a ribbon in her plaited hair applied with a rosebud and smaller flowers, wearing a ruffled ribbon around her neck, edged in lacework, upon a pierced waisted quatrefoil rocaille-moulded base, impressed shield mark over initials F.B (for Franz Bustelli) over incised I
Height 10 in.
25.4 cm
Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (1882-1955), Austria;
Confiscated in Vienna in 1939;
Restituted to Louis de Rothschild after 1945;
Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, acquired from the above on 30 June 1948 (together with the companion bust of a young boy);
Eleanor (1891-1960) and Herbert (1876–1950) Duckwall, Indianapolis, Indiana, acquired from the above on 2nd November 1948 (the present bust only, for $1,000);
Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, acquired from the above in 1953;
Thelma Chrysler Foy (1902-1957), New York and Locust Valley, acquired from the above on 7 January 1953 (for $1,500);
French Modern Paintings, XVIII Century French Furniture, Objects of Art Collected by the Late Thelma Chrysler Foy. Part One, Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 May 1959, lot 258 ($5,000).
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