A MEISSEN GROUP ALLEGORICAL OF MARRIAGE modelled by J.J. Kändler, Cupid as a mentor in puce hat and ermine-lined pink cloak with gilt foliage seated on a stool at a table before the couple, she standing in brown cape, puce bodice and flowered skirt, he on one knee in turquoise and puce jacket, brown breeches and yellow puce-flowered cloak, a girl at the back in blue bodice and yellow skirt with a band of flowers standing holding an arrow and with a quiver of arrows slung at her back, on a scroll-moulded mound base applied with flowers and foliage and enriched with gilding (toe of his left shoe, one wing of Cupid and end of arrow lacking), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1760
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A MEISSEN GROUP ALLEGORICAL OF MARRIAGE modelled by J.J. Kändler, Cupid as a mentor in puce hat and ermine-lined pink cloak with gilt foliage seated on a stool at a table before the couple, she standing in brown cape, puce bodice and flowered skirt, he on one knee in turquoise and puce jacket, brown breeches and yellow puce-flowered cloak, a girl at the back in blue bodice and yellow skirt with a band of flowers standing holding an arrow and with a quiver of arrows slung at her back, on a scroll-moulded mound base applied with flowers and foliage and enriched with gilding (toe of his left shoe, one wing of Cupid and end of arrow lacking), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1760
17.5cm. high