Lot Essay
Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China, An Illustrated History, tab. 5, no. 3
The Property of
the late LEONARD GOLD, Esq.
Sold by order of the Executors
A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE CAPTURE OF THE TRITONS after the original model by J. J. Kändler and modelled as a scantily clad nymph standing on rockwork accompanied by another seated nymph and a putto, hauling a net enclosing a struggling triton caught among fish, on a rocky base applied with reeds and with aquatic and amphibian creatures (damage to reeds, chips to base, damage and restoration to extremities), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 111, incised G3.5., painted number 51, circa 1880
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE CAPTURE OF THE TRITONS after the original model by J. J. Kändler and modelled as a scantily clad nymph standing on rockwork accompanied by another seated nymph and a putto, hauling a net enclosing a struggling triton caught among fish, on a rocky base applied with reeds and with aquatic and amphibian creatures (damage to reeds, chips to base, damage and restoration to extremities), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 111, incised G3.5., painted number 51, circa 1880
12¼in. (31cm.) high
12¼in. (31cm.) high