Lot Essay
Cf. Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, op. cit. (1972), vol. I, pp. 242-243.
CIRCA 1740
Details
A Meissen group of Lovers
Circa 1740
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, he in gilt-edged turquoise jacket, white ruff and shirt, black breeches with a red frill and blue rosettes and pink shoes with yellow rosettes, she with long brown hair, in a white gown and grey-lined flowered yellow cloak, seated in a tight embrace on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (slight flakes to jacket retouched, crack to base extending into hem of her gown, restoration to her left knee and foot, chips to flowers and foliage)
5½in. (14cm.) high
Circa 1740
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, he in gilt-edged turquoise jacket, white ruff and shirt, black breeches with a red frill and blue rosettes and pink shoes with yellow rosettes, she with long brown hair, in a white gown and grey-lined flowered yellow cloak, seated in a tight embrace on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (slight flakes to jacket retouched, crack to base extending into hem of her gown, restoration to her left knee and foot, chips to flowers and foliage)
5½in. (14cm.) high