A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP OF ZEPHYR AND FLORA

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, IMPRESSED 145, INCISED J. 10., PUCE PAINTER'S 6., AFTER THE MODEL BY C. G. JÜCHTZER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP OF ZEPHYR AND FLORA
Late 19th century, blue crossed swords mark, impressed 145, incised J. 10., puce painter's 6., after the model by C. G. Jüchtzer
Modelled as Flora in pale blue drapery, wraping one end of a garland around the winged Zephyr, who is holding the other end, on a gilt-enriched square base
11½ in. (29.1 cm. ) high

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See Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China an Illustrated History, New York, 1972, Table 24, no. 1, for a similar group. Also see T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser, 1785-1792, London, 1988, p. 47 and 102, fig. 153 for an engraving and discussion on the identity of the mythic figures depicted by this model.

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