CIRCA 1745, MARKED WITH INDISTINCT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS

Details

A Meissen porcelain group of Jason and Medea
Circa 1745, marked with indistinct blue crossed swords
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by J.J. Kaendler depicting a scantily clad classical maiden or Medea, seated on a flower-encrusted rock, holding some flowers in her left hand, her companion, the scantily clad Jason, kneeling beside her, embracing her and kissing her forehead, a putto flanked by a flower-filled basket on her other side
15 cm. high
See illustration

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Lot Essay

Medea who fell in love with Jason, was a skilful magician. She showed him how to overcome the difficulties imposed upon him before he could seize the Golden Fleece.
Cf. L.& Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London 1987, illustration p.85

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