A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE GROUP AND A STAND, MARS UND DIE GESCHICHTE

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE AND IRON-RED ORB MARKS, MODEL NOS. 266 AND 3666, VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, THE MODEL BY F.E. MEYER

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE GROUP AND A STAND, MARS UND DIE GESCHICHTE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE AND IRON-RED ORB MARKS, MODEL NOS. 266 AND 3666, VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, THE MODEL BY F.E. MEYER
Modeled as a blindfolded muse and a seated warrior, she holding a quill in one hand, a ledger in the other, a lyre, trumpet, paintbrushes and easel at the base, he with a lion skin, sword, plumed helmet and shield with the face of Medusa, the waisted Neo Rococo base enriched with and strapwork, on four rocaille-moulded feet
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high, overall (2)

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This group, identified as Mars und die Geschichte, was first produced in Berlin circa 1766. See E. Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan 1863-1963, Berlin, 1966, tafel 45. Friedrich Elias Meyer also modeled figures for the Meissen porcelain factory.

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