Code: 12652
Dimensions:
A rare, large scale, Minton Parian figure of Theseus riding a rearing horse, shape number 254, probably modelled by A. Carrier-Belleuse after Benjamin Cheverton's reduced alabaster copy of Theseus from the Elgin Collection at the British Museum. This model, along with its companion piece 'Amazon', was exhibited by Minton at The Great Exhibition in 1851. This example is date coded for 1858.
See Page 71, fig. 103, of 'The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts', Richard Dennis Publications, edited by Paul Atterbury, for this model illustrated.
Condition: the foreleg has an old repair at the knee and the hoof on the back leg appears to have a hairline crack (see photographs).
