Small figure of a reaper or an allegory of autumn made of white soft paste porcelain covered with a clear lead based glaze in the form of a naked putto or cherub leaning against a coral like stump and draped with a cloth that is belted at the waist standing on an irregular rocky base under his left arm he holds a thick sheaf of wheat his right arm is raised and outstretched and in his right hand he holds something which has broken off perhaps a sickle

“The Reaper” or “Allegory of Autumn”

Attributed to Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory

1747/50

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