A Meissen group of a sultan and blackamoor riding an elephant
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A Meissen group of a sultan and blackamoor riding an elephant

CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND ONE INCISION UNDERNEATH ONE PAW AND A BLUE L UNDERNEATH ANOTHER PAW

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A Meissen group of a sultan and blackamoor riding an elephant
CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND ONE INCISION UNDERNEATH ONE PAW AND A BLUE L UNDERNEATH ANOTHER PAW
After a model by Johann Joachim Kaendler (circa 1748), depicting a sultan enthroned on a richly attired brown elephant with a blackamoor mahout (restored extremities)
26.5 cm. high
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