A Berlin (Wegely) white porcelain figure of a lioness, circa 1755
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1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description
naturalistically modelled seated on her haunches with one front paw raised and her tail tucked beneath her, indistinct impressed letter I (?), numeral 50
Haut 11 cm, long. 13cm ; Height 4 3/8 in, length 5 1/8 in
The Property of the late Miss E. A. Ross, sold Sotheby’s London, 14 February 1978, lot 107
Another example of this model painted in enamels and its pendant figure of a lion are in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (obj. nos. BK-1968-130-B/ BK-1968-130-A). See also Gisela Zick, Berliner Porzellan der Manufaktur des Wilhelm Caspar Wegely 1751 - 1757, Berlin, 1978, pp. 183-184, cat. nos. 59a and 60b for a white pair in the National Museum, Stockholm.
