LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED H. RELDATS

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A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN CLARET AND GOLD GROUND CHARGER, 'JAGDZUG DER DIANA'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED H. RELDATS
Finely painted after Makart with Diana wielding a spear, her bathing attendants startled by the interloper Actaeon who has been transformed into a deer, within variant scrollwork panels and gilt foliate medallions
19 in. (48. 2 cm.) diameter, excluding the giltwood frame

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Hans Makart, 'The Modern Rubens', was an Austrian allegorical painter and designer 1840-1884. He studied under Rubens at the Academy in Vienna and won fame as the 'Prince of Taste', even governing lady's fashion.

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