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Cf. the Thüringer Landesmuseum Heidecksburg Rudolstadt catalogue Volkstedter Porzellan 1760-1800 (1999), p. 52, no. 16 for an illustrated example of this group.
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CIRCA 1780, THE TWO SINGLE FIGURES WITH INCISED J
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A Volkstedt crucifixion group
Circa 1780, the two single figures with incised J
The central crucified Christ with a pink loin-cloth, Mary Magdalene kneeling at the foot of the cross on a grassy mound moulded with a serpent, an apple and a skull and cross-bones, flanked by the figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John in iron-red and pink patterned clothes on grassy mound bases, the three elements supported on a carved tiered wood stand
24½ in. (82 cm.) high overall
Circa 1780, the two single figures with incised J
The central crucified Christ with a pink loin-cloth, Mary Magdalene kneeling at the foot of the cross on a grassy mound moulded with a serpent, an apple and a skull and cross-bones, flanked by the figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John in iron-red and pink patterned clothes on grassy mound bases, the three elements supported on a carved tiered wood stand
24½ in. (82 cm.) high overall
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