A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF EUROPA AND THE BULL
PROPERTY FROM A MASSACHUSETTS ESTATE (LOT 385)
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF EUROPA AND THE BULL

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. 2697., AFTER THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF EUROPA AND THE BULL
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. 2697., AFTER THE MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
The scantily clad nymph modeled seated on the back of the disguised Jupiter, flanked by attendant maidens, one offering her a flower taken from a basket, on an oval rocaille-molded base
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high

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For a similar example, see Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 200, pp. 458-461, pl. 334 and pl. 335 for an example of these models from the collection of the Marquess of Exeter, now in the Rijksmuseum, and sold Christie's, London, 7-8 June 1888, lot 228; Angela von Wallwitz, Celebrating Kaendler, Munich, 2006, cat. 29; and Christie's, New York, 21 October 2008, lot 143.

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