A VIENNA-TYPE PORCELAIN GILT OCTAGONAL MYTHOLOGICAL DISH, probably Rädler, painted in the Angelika Kaufmann-style with Jupiter disguised as Diana in order to seduce Callisto, one of Diana's nymphs, an eagle with a thunderbolt nearby, a cupid to the background, in a wooded landscape, the puce-ground border gilt with stylized foliage and flowerbaskets, painted with eight panels enclosing gracious figures, inscribed to the reverse Jupiter und ballisto (sic.) , signed Ileas (?), with Bienenkorb marks, late 19th Century

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A VIENNA-TYPE PORCELAIN GILT OCTAGONAL MYTHOLOGICAL DISH, probably Rädler, painted in the Angelika Kaufmann-style with Jupiter disguised as Diana in order to seduce Callisto, one of Diana's nymphs, an eagle with a thunderbolt nearby, a cupid to the background, in a wooded landscape, the puce-ground border gilt with stylized foliage and flowerbaskets, painted with eight panels enclosing gracious figures, inscribed to the reverse Jupiter und ballisto (sic.) , signed Ileas (?), with Bienenkorb marks, late 19th Century
25 cm diam.

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The Vienna porcelain manufactory closed down in 1864. Some minor Austro-Hungarian manufactories were stylistically related to the previous. The Bienenkorb and the Bindenschild mark are very similar.

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