A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF AVARICE
A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF AVARICE

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED C.46. AND IMPRESSED 118, AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KNDLER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF AVARICE
Late 19th/20th century, blue crossed swords marks, incised C.46. and impressed 118, after a model by J.J. Kndler
Modelled as a seated old woman being courted by a young lover, an open trunk of banknotes and a greedy saytr at their feet
6in. (15.2cm.) high

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See Otto Walcha, Meissner Porzellan, Dresden, 1973, fig. 138 for an 18th century example.

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