A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE CAPTURE OF THE TRITONS, after an original model by J. J. Kändler, formed as a scantily clad nymph kneeling on a rock, accompanied by another, hauling a fishing-net in which a protesting young triton has been caught among a catch of fish, another putto at the side, on a rockwork base applied with bulrushes, a lobster and a frog (minor restoration to extremities), blue crossed swords mark and factory bicentennial mark 1710 1910, Pressnummern 85, incised C 35, painted number 45, 1910
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE CAPTURE OF THE TRITONS, after an original model by J. J. Kändler, formed as a scantily clad nymph kneeling on a rock, accompanied by another, hauling a fishing-net in which a protesting young triton has been caught among a catch of fish, another putto at the side, on a rockwork base applied with bulrushes, a lobster and a frog (minor restoration to extremities), blue crossed swords mark and factory bicentennial mark 1710 1910, Pressnummern 85, incised C 35, painted number 45, 1910
12in. (31cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. Dr. K. Berling, (ed.), op. cit., Colour Table 5, no. 3, for an example of the 18th Century