19TH CENTURY, MARKED WITH LARGE UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, PRESSNUMMERN 235 AND 121

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A large Meissen armorial allegorical river god group
19th century, marked with large underglaze blue crossed swords, Pressnummern 235 and 121
Inspired by an original model by J.J. Kändler, gilt and painted in colours, naturalistically modelled in relief as a seated bearded man wearing a purple flowered garment, holding a cornucopia overflowing with coins, flowers, etc., resting with his right arm on a bulbous vase adorned with the Polish-Saxon coat of arms of August the Strong, a stream of water with various fish and shells flowing from it, upon a shaped shell- and leaf-encrusted rocky base with meandering fretwork border
32cm high

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Lot Essay

The Saxon king Augustus der Starke (1670-1733) was the founder of the Meissen factory. His personal taste and requirements had a large influence on the production.
It has been suggested that this river god is a personification of the river Elbe in Saxony. The Kändler model was done in white porcelain as a base for the large statue of Augustus der Starke.

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