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A Copeland Parian figure of Purity

A Copeland Parian figure of Purity

Code: 260703

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A charming and finely-modelled Copeland Parian figure of Purity by the English sculptor Matthew Noble for the Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union. She holds a lily in her right hand and supports herself on a garlanded stump with the left.  Noble also made a bust of Purity for Copeland. The figure is marked M Noble  Copyright reserved  Copeland, Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union, with a manufacturing date mark for May 1877.  Height 43cm (17”).
 

This figure is illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon on page 151, fig 513 and in Robert Copeland’s book “Parian, Copeland’s Statuary Porcelain” on   page 168, S134, with a gilded version on page 47. 

 

Condition: This figure is in very good condition with a small nick on the base and a firing line on the arm.