Two rare Polish faience allegories of Summer and Winter
Two rare Polish faience allegories of Summer and Winter
Depicting children as allegories of the seasons. The autumn with a goblet and a panther, the summer with a sickel and sheaves of wheat. Unmarked. The head of the summer reattached, the sickle and the bird restored. H 20.2 and 18.8 cm.
Attributed to Prószków, circa 1770.
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Cf. the figure of winter in The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, inv. no. C.2930-1928.
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Two rare Polish faience allegories of Summer and Winter
Depicting children as allegories of the seasons. The autumn with a goblet and a panther, the summer with a sickel and sheaves of wheat. Unmarked. The head of the summer reattached, the sickle and the bird restored. H 20.2 and 18.8 cm.
Attributed to Prószków, circa 1770.
Literature
Cf. the figure of winter in The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, inv. no. C.2930-1928.
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