A Frankenthal group of Venus and Cupid
A Frankenthal group of Venus and Cupid

CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM A 6 AND INCISED ZS

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A Frankenthal group of Venus and Cupid
Circa 1760, blue crowned CT monogram A 6 and incised zs
Modelled by Karl Gottlieb Lck, Venus scantily clad in a puce-flowered robe, Cupid standing naked and pulling back the string of his bow, a pair of billing doves at their feet, both standing on an oval high mound base edged with gilt scrolls and applied with foliage (restoration to bow and arrow and ribbon of her cap, slight chipping to edge of base)
8 in. (21.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The similar example in the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum is illustrated by F.H. Hoffman, Das Frankenthaler Porzellan, taf. 95, no. 414.

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