A MEISSEN GROUP OF TWO CHILDREN EMBLEMATIC OF AUTUMN after the original model by J. C. Schönheit, wearing 18th Century rustic dress, he playing a pipe and she seated on the back of a goat entwining a garland of vine around its neck, on a rocky oval base moulded with acanthus (some restoration), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 137, incised G.93., circa 1880
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF TWO CHILDREN EMBLEMATIC OF AUTUMN after the original model by J. C. Schönheit, wearing 18th Century rustic dress, he playing a pipe and she seated on the back of a goat entwining a garland of vine around its neck, on a rocky oval base moulded with acanthus (some restoration), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 137, incised G.93., circa 1880
6in. (15.5cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. T. H. Clarke, op. cit., no. 104 for the original drawing of 1782