A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE ALLEGORY OF MARRIAGE
A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE ALLEGORY OF MARRIAGE

CIRCA 1760, THE DECORATION PERHAPS SLIGHTLY LATER, CANCELLED BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE ALLEGORY OF MARRIAGE
CIRCA 1760, THE DECORATION PERHAPS SLIGHTLY LATER, CANCELLED BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with an elegantly dressed lady standing with a gentleman kneeling before her, Cupid dressed as a pastor seated on a stool before them, a girl holding up Cupid's arrow behind, on a gilt scroll-moulded mound base applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to left leg of gentleman, two fingers of Cupid and one finger and thumb of girl, retouching to end of quiver of arrows at front)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high

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See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 72 for another example.

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