CIRCA 1740, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF EARTH FROM A SET OF THE ELEMENTS
CIRCA 1740, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler with Plenty naked and seated in a recumbent pose, holding a large cornucopia spilling flowers and fruit, her right elbow on a globe by a tree-stump, a chicken and putti nearby, on a mound base applied with foliage
4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar group (lacking the digging putto present on this group) was in the Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, sale Lepke, Berlin, 7-9th November 1911, lot 54, pl. 12, where it is illustrated with the groups emblematic of Air, Water and Fire.

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