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THE SOWELL COLLECTION                                                                         88
                                                                                              A MODEL OF A COW
                                                                                          88  CIRCA 1800
                                                                                          89  Inspired by Dutch Delft examples, the
                                                                                              brown-spotted cow standing on a canted
                                                                                         90   rectangular base with dark pink edges
                                                                                              4æ in. (12 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.5 cm.) long
50                                                                                            $8,000-12,000

                                                                                              PROVENANCE:

                                                                                              With Cohen & Cohen, London.
                                                                                              Sotheby’s, London, 2 November 1993, lot
                                                                                              117.

                                                                                              LITERATURE:

                                                                                              op. cit., pp. 180, no. 12.3

                                                                                              89
                                                                                              A MODEL OF A COW
                                                                                              CIRCA 1800
                                                                                              After the Dutch Delft type, unusually
                                                                                              colored with yellow patches, the tail, udders,
                                                                                              and nostrils in iron-red, the fat rectangular
                                                                                              base with a turquoise surface and brown edge
                                                                                              4æ in. (12 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.5 cm.) long
                                                                                              $4,000-6,000

                                                                                              LITERATURE:

                                                                                              op. cit., pp. 180-181, no. 12.3.

                                                                                              90
                                                                                              A FAMILLE ROSE NODDING HEAD LADY
                                                                                              18TH CENTURY
                                                                                              Modeled standing and holding a vase,
                                                                                              her outer coat green and red with cloud
                                                                                              motifs, on a squared plinth, her head made
                                                                                              separately
                                                                                              11 Ω in. (29.5 cm.) high
                                                                                              $2,500-4,000

                                                                                              PROVENANCE:

                                                                                              With Rare Art Inc., New York.

                                                                                              LITERATURE:

                                                                                              op. cit., pp. 105, no. 5.6
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