Lot Essay
For an example of this model of Cupid identified as 'disguised as a Chinese girl with fan', see Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures, 1730-1775 The Kaendler Period, Atglen, 2001, p. 125, no. 349.
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PROPERTY OF A FLORIDA COLLECTOR (LOTS 228-229)
TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF PUTTI
LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS BOTH, STAR AND II MARK TO FIGURE OF WINTER, THE MODEL OF CUPID BY C.C. PUNCT
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TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF PUTTI
LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS BOTH, STAR AND II MARK TO FIGURE OF WINTER, THE MODEL OF CUPID BY C.C. PUNCT
The first emblematic of Winter, modeled wearing a fur-lined cloak and huddled over a brazier, seated on a plinth; the second as Cupid in disguise, modeled wearing a short cloak and bonnet, obscuring his face with a fan, a small mound base
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high, Winter (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS BOTH, STAR AND II MARK TO FIGURE OF WINTER, THE MODEL OF CUPID BY C.C. PUNCT
The first emblematic of Winter, modeled wearing a fur-lined cloak and huddled over a brazier, seated on a plinth; the second as Cupid in disguise, modeled wearing a short cloak and bonnet, obscuring his face with a fan, a small mound base
5 in. (12.6 cm.) high, Winter (2)