拍品 69
69
A PAIR OF CHELSEA GROUPS OF GALLANTS AND COMPANIONS EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS, Winter and Spring modelled as a man wearing fur-edged cap and fur-lined iron-red jacket, his companion holding a bouquet of flowers and with flowers in her apron, standing before berried foliage on a grasswork base applied with flowers, Summer and Autumn modelled as a woman holding a sickle, her hat slung from her shoulders, her left arm resting on the shoulder of Autumn modelled as a gentleman, his apron filled with fruit, standing before a tree-stump applied with peaches, the base applied with two partridges, ears of corn and flowers, their clothes painted in colours and gilt, on high pierced scroll-moulded bases enriched with gilding (sickle a restored replacement, chips and restorations to extremities), gold anchor marks, circa 1765

细节
A PAIR OF CHELSEA GROUPS OF GALLANTS AND COMPANIONS EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS, Winter and Spring modelled as a man wearing fur-edged cap and fur-lined iron-red jacket, his companion holding a bouquet of flowers and with flowers in her apron, standing before berried foliage on a grasswork base applied with flowers, Summer and Autumn modelled as a woman holding a sickle, her hat slung from her shoulders, her left arm resting on the shoulder of Autumn modelled as a gentleman, his apron filled with fruit, standing before a tree-stump applied with peaches, the base applied with two partridges, ears of corn and flowers, their clothes painted in colours and gilt, on high pierced scroll-moulded bases enriched with gilding (sickle a restored replacement, chips and restorations to extremities), gold anchor marks, circa 1765
about 35.5cm. high (2)

拍品专文

Cf. the pair from the H.J. Joel Collection sold in these Rooms on 17 April 1980, lot 9 and for the group of Winter and Spring see Yvonne Hackenbroch, Chelsea and other English Porcelain Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, pl. 36