A MEISSEN GROUP 'THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE'
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND INCISED MARKS
After the model by J.J. Kändler, the crowned Hades scantily clad in a flowing purple robe, striding forward barefoot and carrying the struggling bare-breasted Proserpine over his left shoulder, scantily clad in a pale-green robe, before a tree issuing from large rocaille scrolls enriched in gilding on an oval mound base
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
A MEISSEN GROUP 'THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE'
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND INCISED MARKS
After the model by J.J. Kändler, the crowned Hades scantily clad in a flowing purple robe, striding forward barefoot and carrying the struggling bare-breasted Proserpine over his left shoulder, scantily clad in a pale-green robe, before a tree issuing from large rocaille scrolls enriched in gilding on an oval mound base
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high