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Lot 165

A Champion's Bristol white figure emblematic of Autumn, circa 1773

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Champion's Bristol white figure emblematic of Autumn, circa 1773

From a set of the Classical Seasons, modelled as a young woman wearing a chiton, her hair carefully dressed, a reaping hook in her right hand, a pierced basket overflowing with grapes at her feet, on a circular mound base, 24.7cm high

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The Classical Seasons were commissioned by Richard Champion in 1772 from a modeller at the Derby factory, probably Pierre Stephan. A pair of white figures of Summer and Autumn from this set from the Peter Bradshaw Collection was sold by Bonhams on 24 January 2007, lot 60 and is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures (1981), p.250, pl.150. A coloured full set from the Trapnell Collection is illustrated in the Albert Amor exhibition catalogue (1912), pl.15, nos.166-9. Another is illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, Champion's Bristol Porcelain (1947), pl.98.

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