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A Derby porcelain figure representing Procris and Cephalis, 1770-75.

Estimate
5 000 - 7 000 SEK
475 - 665 EUR
499 - 699 USD
Hammer price
5 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Derby porcelain figure representing Procris and Cephalis, 1770-75.

Painted and gilded decoration. Height 21 cm.

Restored,

More information

Cephalus remains away from home for eight years, because he wanted to test Procris. When he returns, he succeeds in seducing her while disguised. Although they are reconciled, Procris suspects that her husband has a lover, because he is often away hunting. A servant tells her that Cephalus called to Nephele to come to him. Procris follows him the next time he goes hunting, and leaps out of the thicket where she is hiding when she hears him call out to Nephele again. He is startled and shoots her with an arrow, thinking that she is a wild animal, and kills her.