A BERLIN (K.P.M) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'L'AMOUR AU PAPILLION'
A BERLIN (K.P.M) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'L'AMOUR AU PAPILLION'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, H AND T CYPHERS, 237 158

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A BERLIN (K.P.M) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'L'AMOUR AU PAPILLION'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, H AND T CYPHERS, 237 158
Finely painted after Bouguereau with Cupid seated beside a waterfont delicately capturing a butterfly emblematic of Psyche, his quiver to one side
9 3/8 in. (24 cm.) high, 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) wide, excluding the carved giltwood frame

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French (1825-1905). The composition, l'Amour au Papillion was originally completed in 1888.

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