TWO VICTORIAN PARIAN WARE FIGURES
19TH CENTURY

one modelled as Clorinda, the warrior of the Saracen Army, the other modelled as the Muse of Comedy

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34cm and 36cm high

The pagan warrior Clorinda is shown dressed for battle, but wounded by her Christian lover Tancred, from the 16^th century poem “Jerusalem Delivered” by Tasso. The original sculpture was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1848.