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CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED .2724.., PRESSNUMMER 94
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A Meissen group of the Drunken Silenus
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords mark, incised .2724.., Pressnummer 94
Silenus typically modelled slumped on an ass, wearing a garland of vines in his hair and with a yellow drape worn loosely around his waist, supported by an attendant, a maiden at his feet beside a basket of vines, a putto grasping the ass's tail, on a shaped oval scroll-moulded mound base (some damages and minor restoration)
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords mark, incised .2724.., Pressnummer 94
Silenus typically modelled slumped on an ass, wearing a garland of vines in his hair and with a yellow drape worn loosely around his waist, supported by an attendant, a maiden at his feet beside a basket of vines, a putto grasping the ass's tail, on a shaped oval scroll-moulded mound base (some damages and minor restoration)
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high