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Lot 141

Three Wedgwood black basalt figures, early 19th century

27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Three Wedgwood black basalt figures, early 19th century

One of the Medici Venus after the Hellenistic original, standing nude on an oval base, 27cm high, one of Bacchus standing nude before a tree stump with fruiting vine in his hair and left hand, the circular base titled 'BACCHUS', 31cm high, the last of Voltaire, standing contrapposto with his left hand on his hip, wearing a waistcoat, breeches, long coat and hat, on a rocky base titled 'VOLTAIR' [sic], 27.5cm high, all impressed WEDGWOOD (3)

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Provenance
Vivian S Hawes Collection (Bacchus)
Stanley F Goldfein Collection

The figure of Venus exhibited by the Wedgwood Society of New York at the Institute of Fine Arts, 1982.

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