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Lot 155

A Höchst figure of a putto, circa 1770

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Höchst figure of a putto, circa 1770

The putto reclining on rockwork topped with snowy grass, 8.5cm high, impressed wheel mark

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Emma Budge Collection, Hamburg, sold by Hans W. Lange, Berlin, 27-29 September 1937, lot 873;
Acquired in the above auction by the city of Mainz;
Restituted to the heirs of Emma Budge in 2013

Literature:
Mainzer Zeitschrift (1938), pp. 24-35, pl. V,3;
K.H. Esser/H. Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane (1964), no. 135

Exhibited:
Mainz, Landesmuseum, 1937-2013, inv. nos. 37/46;
Mainz, Altertumsmuseum der Stadt Mainz, '4000 Jahre Kunsthandwerk im Mainzer Raum', 1953

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