Live Auction 16424Property from the Estate of Eugene V. Thaw
A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL) BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES OF OMPHALE AND VENUS
Lot 220

A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL) BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES OF OMPHALE AND VENUS

CIRCA 1800, INCISED DIHL TO REVERSE OF PLINTH

Closed30 October 2018

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A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL) BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES OF OMPHALE AND VENUS
CIRCA 1800, INCISED DIHL TO REVERSE OF PLINTH
Each wearing classical robes, Omphale with a lion pelt and club, Venus with a mirror, each on a plinth enriched in gilt and matte green ground in imitation of bronze
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide

Compare the pair from the Collections of Maréchal Berthier, Price of Wagram, sold Sotheby's, Paris, 29 April 2014, lot 167.