A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP OF ZEPHYR AND FLORA

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. J.10, IMPRESSED 43, AFTER THE MODEL BY CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED JÜCHTZER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP OF ZEPHYR AND FLORA
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. J.10, IMPRESSED 43, AFTER THE MODEL BY CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED JÜCHTZER
The scantily clad lovers modelled standing, Flora wrapping one end of a garland around the winged Zephyr, who is holding the other end, on a gilt-enriched square base
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

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Jüchtzer took his inspiration for this model after a Roman group of Eros and Psyche obtained by Augustus II in 1727. For a detailed discussion see Porcelain Collection Dresden, Meissen, 1998, p. 242-243. See Dr. K. Berling (ed.), Meissen China an Illustrated History, New York, 1972, Table 24, no. 1, for a similar group. Also see T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser, 1785-1792, London, 1988, p. 47 and 102, fig. 153 for an engraving and discussion on the identity of the mythic figures depicted by this model.

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