Live Auction 16722The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part II
A PAIR OF HÖCHST PORCELAIN FIGURES OF MINERVA AND CERES
Lot 734

A PAIR OF HÖCHST PORCELAIN FIGURES OF MINERVA AND CERES

CIRCA 1755, EACH INCISED IR

Closed10 May 2018

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A PAIR OF HÖCHST PORCELAIN FIGURES OF MINERVA AND CERES
CIRCA 1755, EACH INCISED IR
Minerva wearing a helmet, a shield and a trident, looking dexter; Ceres wearing a yellow wreath of wheat in her hair and carrying a cornucopia, holding a plough
13 in. (33 cm.) high

Acquired from Symons Galleries, New York, 1936.
The Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1936- 58.

Specialist note

Another of this Höchst model of Minerva is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (museum no. C.94-1931).