Lot Essay
Compare the four seasons in the Bayrisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, P.W. Meister and H. Reber, European Porcelain of the 18th Century, Oxford, 1983, p. 66, no. 70.
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Ceramics from the Collection of Marjorie West
THREE NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN BUSTS EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING, SUMMER AND WINTER
CIRCA 1760, EACH WITH IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK ON A CARTOUCHE ON THE FRONT OF THE SOCLE, MODELED BY F.A. BUSTELLI
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THREE NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN BUSTS EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING, SUMMER AND WINTER
CIRCA 1760, EACH WITH IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK ON A CARTOUCHE ON THE FRONT OF THE SOCLE, MODELED BY F.A. BUSTELLI
Spring as a maiden with a flower-filled apron; Summer as a maiden with wheat and a scythe; Winter as a bearded man with a muff
5 7/8 in. high, the largest
CIRCA 1760, EACH WITH IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK ON A CARTOUCHE ON THE FRONT OF THE SOCLE, MODELED BY F.A. BUSTELLI
Spring as a maiden with a flower-filled apron; Summer as a maiden with wheat and a scythe; Winter as a bearded man with a muff
5 7/8 in. high, the largest