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For similar examples see The Estelle Doheny Collection, Christie's, New York, 17 December 2001, lots 212 and 215.
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MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, TASTE WITH AN INCISION BELOW THE MARK, BOTH POSSIBLY OUTSIDE-DECORATED, SCENT INCISED 7151, BOTH PAINTED 5.
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TWO MEISSEN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE AND SCENT
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, TASTE WITH AN INCISION BELOW THE MARK, BOTH POSSIBLY OUTSIDE-DECORATED, SCENT INCISED 7151, BOTH PAINTED 5.
Each modelled as a nymph attended by a putto standing by a plinth surrounded by attributes of their respective senses, a dog sniffing a sausage by Scent, a monkey eating fruit by Taste, both on a rocaille base moulded with either a nose or mouth, raised on four scroll feet
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, taste (2)
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, TASTE WITH AN INCISION BELOW THE MARK, BOTH POSSIBLY OUTSIDE-DECORATED, SCENT INCISED 7151, BOTH PAINTED 5.
Each modelled as a nymph attended by a putto standing by a plinth surrounded by attributes of their respective senses, a dog sniffing a sausage by Scent, a monkey eating fruit by Taste, both on a rocaille base moulded with either a nose or mouth, raised on four scroll feet
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, taste (2)
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