Lot Essay
See T. H. Clarke, op. cit., p. 72, no. 50 the original drawing of 1777
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A CHERUB LOOKING INTO A BIRD-CAGE
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A CHERUB LOOKING INTO A BIRD-CAGE
Entitled Je les Captive, after the original model by M. V. Acier and J. C. Schönheit, circa 1890
The naked child holding a heart and raising the door of the cage, on rocks festooned with lilac drapery, on an acanthus-moulded white triangular base inscribed in black on a pink lozenge, blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 107, incised F1
4½in. (11.5cm.) high
Entitled Je les Captive, after the original model by M. V. Acier and J. C. Schönheit, circa 1890
The naked child holding a heart and raising the door of the cage, on rocks festooned with lilac drapery, on an acanthus-moulded white triangular base inscribed in black on a pink lozenge, blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 107, incised F1
4½in. (11.5cm.) high