A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF CUPID AS VULCAN from the series of Ovidian Gods modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli, nude save for a green cap and leather apron, fashioning a bow on an anvil on rococo base edged with gilt scrolls, his right shoulder repaired, impressed Bavarian shield mark and CHC in brown for Churfurstlich Hof Conditorei, circa 1757

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A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF CUPID AS VULCAN from the series of Ovidian Gods modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli, nude save for a green cap and leather apron, fashioning a bow on an anvil on rococo base edged with gilt scrolls, his right shoulder repaired, impressed Bavarian shield mark and CHC in brown for Churfurstlich Hof Conditorei, circa 1757
11cm. high

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Cf. Friedrich H. Hofmann, Geschichte der Bayerischen Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg, p. 105

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