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A very rare Chelsea porcelain…
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Melbourne
Date:
19-Feb-2024
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A very rare Chelsea porcelain Commedia Dell-Arte figure Isabella, in a gilt sprigged white dress, modelled by Joseph Willems. English circa 1756, red anchor mark. Provenance: Robert and Judy Jones London 25/11/1996 (15,000 pounds). Robert Burke Collection no 28. Exhibited: Flowers and Fables. A Survey of Chelsea porcelain 1745-1769. National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne.1 November 1984-10 February 1985. Number 59. Illustrated full page and in colour in the NGV publication, written by Margaret Legge that was published for the exhibition Page 40. Reference: Chelsea Porcelain by Elizabeth Adams 2001 edition, for the same figure but referred to as a 'Polish Lady' figure 9.19 page 132, 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. 15.4 cm high, 9.5 cm wide
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Ceramics: Zother - 18th Century British