Lot 52
52
A MEISSEN GROUP AND ROCOCO STAND EMBLEMATIC OF LOVE
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A MEISSEN GROUP AND ROCOCO STAND EMBLEMATIC OF LOVE

CIRCA 1755-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE OF GROUP

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A MEISSEN GROUP AND ROCOCO STAND EMBLEMATIC OF LOVE
CIRCA 1755-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE OF GROUP
Modelled with Cupid, standing blind-folded and choosing a scroll from a dish on an oval marble-topped table, his companion seated on a chair, another putto inscribing a book Pour la plus belle., on a scroll-moulded base, the footed stand with flower-sprays (seated putto with restoration to neck, recumbent putto with restoration to right foot, the stand broken and restuck at one end, minor chips)
10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high overall
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Lot Essay

A Meissen putto group of this type, with a different inscription, together with a stand was sold by Christie's Amsterdam on 30 October 2001, lot 322, and another was sold in these Rooms on 13 December 2001, lot 650.

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