A rare Bow porcelain figure of a peacock, circa 1758
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June 25, 10:21 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description
naturalistically modelled and painted, perched upon a tree stump applied with leaves and flowers, numeral 2 in purple enamel
Height 7 ⅛ in; 18,2 cm
A second example of this rare figure was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection, 23 October 2019, lot 7. Another similar example together with its companion figure are illustrated in Ann McNair, Catalogue of the Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain at the Bowes Museum, London, 2007, p. 52, no. 26.