A MEISSEN CHARIOT GROUP OF MARS,
A MEISSEN CHARIOT GROUP OF MARS,

CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED NO. 22., IMPRESSED 137 AND PAINTED 29.,

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A MEISSEN CHARIOT GROUP OF MARS,
circa 1870, blue crossed swords marks, incised No. 22., impressed 137 and painted 29.,
depicted as a Roman warrior seated in a chariot drawn by two rearing horses and attended by a putto amongst clouds, on a stepped scalloped base moulded with stiff-leaf tips, foliate entwined gilt ribbons and arches
17¾in. (45cm.) wide, overall

Lot Essay

See Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China an Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 64 & 65 for a discussion of this series of allegorical and mythological groups originally designed in 1772-74 by J.J. Kändler to glorify the Russian Empress Catherine the Great.

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