The Fancy Fox

Description

A fine Bow porcelain figure of Autumn from the Adolescent Seasons. A youth seated against a bocage of flowers and grapes, holding a wine cup in his left hand and squeezing juice from a bunch of grapes held in his right. Set on a raised, scrolled base. Decorated in lovely light and bright enamels with gilt highlights and gilded scrolls to the base. Marked with a red anchor and dagger to the back of the base. c.1754-1764.

Reference: Bow Porcelain Figures, Bradshaw, entry B47.

It measures 19cm (7 1/2") high and 11cm (4 1/4") by 10.3cm (4") wide.

In excellent condition. There is a firing shrinkage crack around the right shoulder and there may have possibly been a clean repair associated with it. MInor losses to the edges of the bocage as is usual. No restoration and minimal handling wear. There is a superficial firing crack just under the base.
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