Lot Essay
Cf. E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th century Volume I (London 1972), p.157
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CIRCA 1766, MARKED WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS ABOVE A STAR AND PRESSNUMMER 70
Details
A Meissen figure of Julius Caesar from "The Four Monarchies" series
Circa 1766, marked with blue crossed swords above a star and Pressnummer 70
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, gilt and painted in colours, the grey-haired and bearded Caesar with laurel wreath, representing Rome and its Empire, wearing; a lilac cloak, a metal breast-plate moulded with a double-headed eagle, a blue tunic with lilac straps, ochre breeches, sandals and a large sword at his left side, a seated mythological dog with horns flanking him, on circular scroll base (chips and restorations to his left hand and the head of the dog)
19.5cm. high
See illustration on p.111
Circa 1766, marked with blue crossed swords above a star and Pressnummer 70
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, gilt and painted in colours, the grey-haired and bearded Caesar with laurel wreath, representing Rome and its Empire, wearing; a lilac cloak, a metal breast-plate moulded with a double-headed eagle, a blue tunic with lilac straps, ochre breeches, sandals and a large sword at his left side, a seated mythological dog with horns flanking him, on circular scroll base (chips and restorations to his left hand and the head of the dog)
19.5cm. high
See illustration on p.111
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