拍品 394
394
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TWO-PIECE FIGURE GROUP OF HERCULES AND OMPHALE
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOT 394)
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TWO-PIECE FIGURE GROUP OF HERCULES AND OMPHALE

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED MODEL NOS. 2927 AND 2932, IMPRESSED 12 AND 121

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TWO-PIECE FIGURE GROUP OF HERCULES AND OMPHALE
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED MODEL NOS. 2927 AND 2932, IMPRESSED 12 AND 121
Each modeled standing, she holding the Nemean lion skin, he a spindle of yarn as Cupid looks on, the rocaille-molded base enriched in gilt
18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high (2)

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Omphale, Queen of Lydia, purchased Hercules as a slave. In the three years he was in her service, she became his mistress and had several children by him. For another example of this two-piece model, see the Meissen Tradesman's Catalogue, 1911, pl. 66.