A large Meissen group of three warriors and a mahout riding a caparisoned elephant
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A large Meissen group of three warriors and a mahout riding a caparisoned elephant

1840-1860, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS WITH DOTTED HILTS, INCISED 15, IMPRESSED 72, PAINTER'S SIGN 10 IN IRON-RED

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A large Meissen group of three warriors and a mahout riding a caparisoned elephant
1840-1860, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS WITH DOTTED HILTS, INCISED 15, IMPRESSED 72, PAINTER'S SIGN 10 IN IRON-RED
Depicting an antique scene from the Hannibal's Carthaginian Punic Wars, the upper part enclosing three warriors wearing helmets and cuirass, two fighting with spear, sword and shield, the third hurling rocks, above a grey elephant with a blackamoor driver, standing on a rocky-mound above a shaped base moulded with guilloche-pattern (restorations)
39 cm. high (2)
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Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

拍品专文

See K. Krockenberger, Edles Meissner Porzellan aus 3 Jahrhunderten, Winnenden, 2002, ill. p. 183.