A Meissen figure of Cupid disguised as a maiden
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A Meissen figure of Cupid disguised as a maiden

CIRCA 1755, MARKED WITH SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE BACK WITH NAGELZEICHE, IMPRESSED 20

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A Meissen figure of Cupid disguised as a maiden
Circa 1755, marked with small underglaze blue crossed swords to the back with Nagelzeiche, impressed 20
Painted in colours, modellled by Johann Joachim Kaendler as a cross-dressed winged boy wearing female 18th century attire, a rope with a wooden stick around his waist, on circular base enhanced with yellow scrolls and applied with flowers (restored)
8.5cm. high
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