A pair of Wallendorf porcelain large allegorical figures, emblematic of Autumn and Winter, circa 1780
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September 17, 03:39 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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from a set of 'The Seasons', each elegantly dressed figure wearing gilt-edged white costume and modelled standing on a rockwork base, 'Autumn' as a young lady holding a dish of grapes and with grapes and vine leaves applied to the base, 'Winter' as a gentleman with his hat tucked under his left arm and his hands in a black fur muff, a pair of skating blades at his feet
Height 29.9 cm; 11 ¾ in
The Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and The Antique Porcelain Company of New York, sold, Sotheby's New York, 11 November 2006, lot 295;
Acquired at the above sale.
For the lady figure of 'Autumn' together with a gentleman as 'Spring' see Graul and Kurzwelly, Altthüringer Porzellan, Leipzig, 1909, p. 65, nos. 48 and 47, respectively. A set of four figures, allegorical of 'The Seasons', was sold at Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1971, lot 49.
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