Lot Essay
Cf. Knlich Schssissche Porzellanmanufactur Meissen, A Festive Publication to Commemorate the 200th Jubilee..., Leipzig, 1910, tafel 17, fig. 10.
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19TH CENTURY, BLUE F MARKS
Details
A PAIR OF FURSTENBURG FIGURE GROUPS ENBLEMATIC OF ASIA AND AFRICA AND OF EUROPE AND AMERICA
19TH CENTURY, BLUE F MARKS
In the Meissen style, modelled as Europe and America and as Asia and Africa, each as a pair of putti with the attribute of a continent, Europe with an orb and scepter, America in a feather headdress and loin cloth astride an alligator, Asia in an elephant headdress seated on a lion, Africa adorned with a colourful beaded necklace, both pair on a rockwork and rocaille-moulded base enriched in puce
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY, BLUE F MARKS
In the Meissen style, modelled as Europe and America and as Asia and Africa, each as a pair of putti with the attribute of a continent, Europe with an orb and scepter, America in a feather headdress and loin cloth astride an alligator, Asia in an elephant headdress seated on a lion, Africa adorned with a colourful beaded necklace, both pair on a rockwork and rocaille-moulded base enriched in puce
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
with Ernst Joresco, Chicago, 20 March 1968