Lot Essay
A figure of Spring from the Nyfeller Collection was sold in these Rooms on 9th June 1986, lot 68.
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CIRCA 1750, AUTUMN WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK
Details
Three Meissen figures emblematic of the Seasons
Circa 1750, Autumn with blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein as figures standing on square bases with their Seasonal attributes, Spring modelled as a young woman wearing flowered robes and picking flowers from a basket held on the head of a young putto at her side; Autumn as a young naked Bacchus, his waist encircled by puce grapes and green foliage and wearing grapes and foliage in his hair, a young faun seated on a barrel at his side and drinking from a goblet; Winter as an old bearded man, wrapped in a blue fur-lined cloak, a young putto chopping wood and a brazier at his side (Spring with hairline crack through base, all with minor chipping)
About 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high (3)
Circa 1750, Autumn with blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein as figures standing on square bases with their Seasonal attributes, Spring modelled as a young woman wearing flowered robes and picking flowers from a basket held on the head of a young putto at her side; Autumn as a young naked Bacchus, his waist encircled by puce grapes and green foliage and wearing grapes and foliage in his hair, a young faun seated on a barrel at his side and drinking from a goblet; Winter as an old bearded man, wrapped in a blue fur-lined cloak, a young putto chopping wood and a brazier at his side (Spring with hairline crack through base, all with minor chipping)
About 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high (3)
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