A rare pair of Faenze cream tin glazed earthenware large groups

A rare pair of Faenze cream tin glazed earthenware large groups of Bacchus and Ariadne and Hercules and Lole, probably Ferniani Factory, after models by Giovan Batista Foggini, remodelled in 1796 by Giovan Batista Ballantine, each on mound base, 11 1/2" high, circa 1806, no marks, on original giltwood stands, each with four turned feet 

Provenance; The Collection of Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca 

These models are known in bronze: an example of Bacchus and Ariadne is in the J Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, and were also produced in porcelain at the Doccia factory 

A pair of Faenze groups of these models is in the Ashmolean Museum 

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