A Bow model of a sphinx

Provenance:
American Private Collection 

A Bow model of a Sphinx, in the white, modelled with the head of a young woman, often said to be a likeness of the actress Margaret Woffington, wearing a mob-cap and pearl necklace, above a tasselled sash, on scroll moulded base, 4 3/4" high, circa 1752, no mark

See Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures, page 62, figure 6, for a pair of these models 

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