CIRCA 1755-60, TWICE IMPRESSED T FOR THE REPAIRER TEBO

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A BOW PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF A BOY WITH MONKEY
CIRCA 1755-60, TWICE IMPRESSED T FOR THE REPAIRER TEBO
Modeled as a young boy in yellow drapery, offering an apple to a seated monkey
4 in. (10.1 cm.) long

Provenance

Acquired from Delomosne & Son, London, December 1966, as a Christmas gift to David from Peggy Rockefeller.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 60, no. 34.

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Lot Essay

It is a small piece and is unlike any other Bow figure I am familiar with. I have always greatly enjoyed it. We have it in one of the niches in the dining room at 65th Street.
D.R.

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