Porcelain Cherub Pushing a Seashell Wheelbarrow

Item: Figurine

 

Make: Japanese Origin

Age: 1950-1970

Construction: Unglazed Porcelain

Dimensions: 4 1/4" Tall x 7" Long x 3 1/4" Wide

Condition: Excellent pre-owned vintage condition. One small chip on porcelain rose petal and a few marks on the inside of the shell. Please see photos. 

Details: Naked winged cherub draped with a pink sash, pushing an oversized seashell-shaped wheelbarrow.  Shell is fluted and tiered, brushed with pink, top rim trimmed in gold.  On either side, where shell curls in upon itself, there is an applied blue porcelain rose with light green leaves. Gold trim on struts and spokes of the wheelbarrow and gold stippling on wheels. Bottom marked in green "F4924/B".