Lot Essay
Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, op. cit. (1987), pl. XXV.
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A Meissen group of the rape of Proserpine
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, as the bearded and crowned Hades, scantily draped in a gilt flowered pink cloth, carrying away the screaming Proserpine on his left shoulder wearing a white drape and a garland of flowers before a tree on an oval pierced gilt-edged scroll-moulded base applied with flowers (restorations)
10¾in. (27cm.) high
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, as the bearded and crowned Hades, scantily draped in a gilt flowered pink cloth, carrying away the screaming Proserpine on his left shoulder wearing a white drape and a garland of flowers before a tree on an oval pierced gilt-edged scroll-moulded base applied with flowers (restorations)
10¾in. (27cm.) high