THREE MEISSEN FIGURES OF WARRIORS
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THREE MEISSEN FIGURES OF WARRIORS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED C.53, 559 AND 1213, RESPECTIVELY, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS

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THREE MEISSEN FIGURES OF WARRIORS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED C.53, 559 AND 1213, RESPECTIVELY, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND PAINTED NUMERALS
All three in the guise of a warrior, the first as Minerva, goddess of Wisdom, modelled standing, her owl at her side, on a square base; the second and third as Mars, one modelled standing on a circular base moulded with an undulating line, the other seated on a rocky rocaille- moulded base
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high, Minerva (3)
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Cf. Berling, op. cit., table 9, fig. 4 (for the second).

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