A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF THE TRIUMPH OF AMPHITRITE

PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED TRIANGLE AND CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED NO. 127, IMPRESSED SQUARE AND 137

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A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF THE TRIUMPH OF AMPHITRITE
PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED TRIANGLE AND CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED NO. 127, IMPRESSED SQUARE AND 137
Finely modeled with Neptune's bride and Cupid riding in a giant shell applied with a garland and carried by three mermen, on a fixed stand formed as rockwork and cascading waterfalls
13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

After first resisting Neptune's wooing, the sea god sent dolphins after Amphitrite who coaxed her to be his bride. For a late 19th century colored example of this model, see The Collection of Dr. W.A. Criswell, Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 106. An 18th century example is in the collection of the Residenz Museum, Munich.

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