A MEISSEN GROUP 'THE SUBLIMATE LOVE'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND INCISED MARKS
After a model by Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer, a classical maiden standing with her wrists bound by a wreath of roses, gazing into the eyes of a scantily draped youth holding a butterfly in his left hand and a flaming torch next to two billing doves on a triangular altar festooned with garlands and with gilt ram's heads at the corners
14½in. (36.8cm.) high
A MEISSEN GROUP 'THE SUBLIMATE LOVE'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND INCISED MARKS
After a model by Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer, a classical maiden standing with her wrists bound by a wreath of roses, gazing into the eyes of a scantily draped youth holding a butterfly in his left hand and a flaming torch next to two billing doves on a triangular altar festooned with garlands and with gilt ram's heads at the corners
14½in. (36.8cm.) high