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A rare Chelsea porcelain…
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Melbourne
Date:
19-Feb-2024
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Description:
A rare Chelsea porcelain Commedia Dell-Arte figure- Il Capitano, modelled by Joseph Willems. English circa 1755-6. Provenance: Robert and Judy Jones, London. 28/01/2003 (8500 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 4. Exhibited: Flowers and Fables. A Survey of Chelsea porcelain 1745-1769. National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne.1 November 1984-10 February 1985. Number 60. Illustrated in the NGV publication, written by Margaret Legge that was published for the exhibition Page 38. Reference: C. Louise Avery, Masterpieces of European Porcelain, New York, 1949, no. 54. Y. Hackenbroch, Chelsea and Other English Porcelain Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, MA, 1957, pl. 24, fig. 30. 16.5 cm high, 6.5 cm wide
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Ceramics: Zother - 18th Century British