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A BUEN RETIRO WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP
Lot 295

A BUEN RETIRO WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP

CIRCA 1780

Closed23 September 2015

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GBP 1,500

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A BUEN RETIRO WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP
CIRCA 1780
Possibly modelled by Carlos Frate, one putto seated astride a goat, his companions standing beside him, on a rockwork base, with a Gris St Anne marble rectangular plinth base
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a glazed and enamelled version of this group (in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, museum no. 63956) and a discussion of the type, including a reference to an example marked 'C Fr' for Carlos Frate, see Carmen Manueco Santurtún, et al., Manufactura del Buen Retiro 1760-1808, Exhibition Catalogue, Madrid, 1999, p. 351, no. 132.