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Bow
(England 1744–1776)
- Title
- Spring from the seated rustic seasons
- Year
- circa 1755-circa 1758
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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12.8 x 10.0 x 8.2 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.80
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
This is part of a popular set of figures that was in production from the mid 1750s (along with L2012.81, L2012.82, L2012.83). Spring has flowers, summer corn, autumn grapes; winter huddles over a brazier. Earlier examples are on simple pad bases. The set was reissued in the 1760s on rococo scrollwork bases (see no L2012.91).
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 44 (colour illus., detail|), 47 (colour illus.). cat.no. 49
