Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
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Lot 105 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION 

A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF EARTH

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed20 October 2009

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF EARTH
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modeled with the scantily clad goddess Cybele seated atop a lion, holding a cornucopia and a key, attended by four putti, on a rocky mound base
9¾ (24.6 cm.) high

Specialist note

Cf. the Meissen Tradesman's Catalogue, 1911, pl. 18.