A Copeland Parian bust of 'Music'

An uncommon Parian bust of Music by Copeland from the sculpture by Malempré. Music is shown as a young woman with her hair tied with a scarf and wearing a rose in her hair.  This bust is illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon page 183 fig 603 and in Robert Copeland’s book “Parian - Copeland’s Statuary Porcelain” page 218 fig B53.

Marked: L A Malempré 1874 Copeland, Copyright reserved, 1875 A. 

This bust was a companion piece to 'Poetry'.

Height: 33cm (13”)

Condition: Very good condition.  The black mark visible on the back of the bust in our photographs has cleaned off to leave just a short and very faint firing line.