28 A GERMAN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF BACCHUS, PERHAPS MEISSEN, CIRCA 1760 draped in a goatskin, holding a bunch of grapes to his mouth, a basket of grapes at his feet 14.5cm high, chips and restored £150-250
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29 29 A PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LIONESS, IN MEISSEN STYLE modelled after Kaendler, snarling, with one paw raised 8.5cm long Provenance: The Collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie £200-300
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30 30 A PAIR OF GERMAN PORCELAIN MINIATURE FIGURES OF TURKEY HENS, PROBABLY MEISSEN, 19TH CENTURY with blue heads and red wattles, their plumage picked out in tones of brown, each standing on a mound base, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue 5.5cm. high, repair to one neck
31 A HÖCHST FIGURE OF CYNTHIO, MODELLED BY JOHANN CHRISTOPH LUDWIG VON LÜCKE (1703-1780), CIRCA 1752 standing in duelling pose against a tree stump, with a black and gilt bordered tricorn hat and a matt red coat over a yellow waistcoat with fringed flaps, on a waisted square blue edged base, underside with old inventory number ‘241’ 21.5cm high, some repairs and chips Cynthio (otherwise known as Lelio) and Isabella are one of the foremost pairs of lovers from the Commedia del’Arte. He is usually portrayed wearing the lastest fashion, of aristocratic demeanour, although he is sometimes seen as faintly ridiculous.
Provenance: The Collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie; Sotheby’s, London, 17th June 1986, lot 143 (part)
See Giovanni & Gabriella Barrilla Collection, Sotheby’s, London, 14 March 2012, lot 164 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession No.43.100.46, for further examples this model.
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