Details
Winter and Spring modeled as a gentleman in fur-edged yellow cap and fur-lined turquoise jacket, his companion holding a bouquet of flowers and with flowers in her apron, standing before yellow-berried foliage on a grasswork base applied with flowers, Summer and Autumn as a gentleman with his apron filled with fruit, his companion holding a sickle, her hat slung from her shoulders, standing before a tree-stump applied with fruit and foliage, the base applied with partridges nesting among ears of wheat and flowers, their garments painted in bright colored patterns and richly gilt, each group on a high pierced rocaille base enriched with gilding
1314 in. (33.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 December 1994, lot 45.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
M. Legge, exhibition catalogue, Flowers and Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-1769, Melbourne, The National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, p. 65, no. 145.
Exhibited
Melbourne, The National Gallery of Victoria, Flowers and Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-1769, November 1984-February 1985, no. 145.
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A similar pair from the collection of the late Samuel Messer Esq., was sold by Christie's, London, 16 November 1992, lot 69. For two examples of these models, formerly in the Irwin Untermyer collection, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession nos. 64.101.520 and 1971.75.1.

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