A Bow Porcelain Figure of Neptune, Circa 1760 Neptune is depicted astride a multicoloured dolphin on an openwork shell base. ;He wears a yellow cape held in his raised right hand which swirls around his body. ;It is decorated with to different stylized purple flower-head designs. ;The dolphin, with large head and raised tail, the tail supporting his right hand, is brightly coloured in green scale with puce mouth and fins. ;The hollow base is depicted with realistic sea shells. ;An old invisible repair to left arm. Height: 8 1/2 inches; Depth 5 3/4 inches Reference: Victoria & Albert Museum: Figure of Neptune Made at the Bow porcelain factory London, England About 1760 Soft-paste porcelain, one version painted in enamels Museum no. ;C.42-1944

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