A very rare Bow white figure of a toper huntsman, circa 1752-55
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GBP 700
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Modelled as a boy seated on a high mound base applied with leaves and flowers, his legs astride, a bottle raised high to his mouth in his right hand, a dead bird to his left, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and frock coat, 12.2cm high
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Provenance
With Simon Spero, 2018
Two other white versions of this figure are illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures, 1992, p.79, no 48 and by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, 1982, p.124, no.190. The extraordinary construction of the mound base is aptly described by Bernard Watney in the Foreword as 'buttressed by a strong overall cone-shape and further strengthened by a cut-out additional layer inside the base in the manner of pastry making'.