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CIRCA 1755, MARKED WITH SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS
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A Meissen porcelain group of putti allegorical of the Sciences
Circa 1755, marked with small underglaze blue crossed swords
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, depicting a standing putto holding a telescope in his left and a pair of dividers in his right hand beside a terrestrial globe, a seated putto sketching a portrait on a board, further with a standing one holding arithmetrical instruments, upon an oval base applied with rocailles and leaves
27.4 cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1755, marked with small underglaze blue crossed swords
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, depicting a standing putto holding a telescope in his left and a pair of dividers in his right hand beside a terrestrial globe, a seated putto sketching a portrait on a board, further with a standing one holding arithmetrical instruments, upon an oval base applied with rocailles and leaves
27.4 cm. high
See illustration
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