Lot 350
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A ROYAL WORCESTER FIGURE OF CLEOPATRA, from the Antique, seated to the right on rockwork, her hands clasped around her head, wearing a blue headband and shawl, a loose robe falling in elaborate folds, a gilt serpent bracelet, and sandals, glazed in cream enriched in a pearl lustre and with painted flesh-tones (feet restored), impressed mark, circa 1880

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A ROYAL WORCESTER FIGURE OF CLEOPATRA, from the Antique, seated to the right on rockwork, her hands clasped around her head, wearing a blue headband and shawl, a loose robe falling in elaborate folds, a gilt serpent bracelet, and sandals, glazed in cream enriched in a pearl lustre and with painted flesh-tones (feet restored), impressed mark, circa 1880
13¼in. (33.6cm.) wide

Lot Essay

This figure is copied from the statue of Cleopatra, known also as Ariadne, in the Vatican Museum. The model was also produced in pottery by Enoch Wood in Staffordshire, circa 1820, as a companion figure to Mark Antony

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