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Pair of recumbent lions in the white. One modelled to the right, the other to the left; each with head turned towards its back, a forepaw resting on a large ball (interpreted as a globe or possibly a pearl in the presumably original Chinese imagery), and the tail carried over the back legs. Each on a low rectangular base.
White porcelain with a dense white glaze showing some black speckling; grey-green translucency. Undersides with circular piercings.
Dimensions: 10.0 cm L (4.0 in)
Provenance: with Errol Manners, London, 2003.
Condition: Excellent.
Comparative notes: Bow produced several lion models from the early 1750s through to approximately 1760. Examples include:
- A ‘model’ version, 11.5 in (29 cm), after the C16th Medici (Vacca) Florentine lions (Adams & Redstone, 1991, figs. 126–127, circa 1750–53).
- Pair, large prowling lion and lioness on rockwork bases, L. 9.0 in (23 cm), circa 1750–52, in the white, Newham Collection, #92.
- Small, friendly pair, H. 4.0 in (10 cm), circa 1750–52, seated with forepaw raised, Newham Collection, #93.
Most lion figures were apparently produced in the white, although enamelled versions are known, some depicting globes with geographic details in colours (Katz Collection, MFA, Boston, circa 1752, #1988.588).
White porcelain with a dense white glaze showing some black speckling; grey-green translucency. Undersides with circular piercings.
Dimensions: 10.0 cm L (4.0 in)
Provenance: with Errol Manners, London, 2003.
Condition: Excellent.
Comparative notes: Bow produced several lion models from the early 1750s through to approximately 1760. Examples include:
- A ‘model’ version, 11.5 in (29 cm), after the C16th Medici (Vacca) Florentine lions (Adams & Redstone, 1991, figs. 126–127, circa 1750–53).
- Pair, large prowling lion and lioness on rockwork bases, L. 9.0 in (23 cm), circa 1750–52, in the white, Newham Collection, #92.
- Small, friendly pair, H. 4.0 in (10 cm), circa 1750–52, seated with forepaw raised, Newham Collection, #93.
Most lion figures were apparently produced in the white, although enamelled versions are known, some depicting globes with geographic details in colours (Katz Collection, MFA, Boston, circa 1752, #1988.588).
- Color
- White
- Style
- Vintage
- Material
- Porcelain
- Condition
- Excellent
- Dimensions (cm)
- W 15D 10H 10
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