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Lot 196

A very rare Weesp white allegorical group of 'Winter', circa 1765

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A very rare Weesp white allegorical group of 'Winter', circa 1765

Probably modelled by Nicolas-François Gauron, clad with drapery, standing by a burning brazier on a rocky ledge, a child seated by her left foot on the rockwork base, 14.5cm high, crossed swords and dots in underglaze-blue (both hands lacking)

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Another figure of 'Winter' was sold in these Rooms, 7 December 2017, lot 222.
A figure of 'Spring' from the same series was sold in these Rooms, 4 December 2019, lot 106; another example is in the Rijksmuseum (inv.no.BK-14559-J). A slightly larger example of 'Summer', undoubtedly from the same series, is in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, inv. no. 0153188.

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