A SEVRES (THIRD REPUBLIC) MODEL OF MINERVA AND SOCLE
DATED 1882-1888, THE SOCLE WITH GREEN PRINTED LOZENGE KILN MARK S.82. INCISED M 82 4 AND PAINTED A.S, IRON-RED PRINTED RF MONOGRAM DÉCORÉ MARKS FOR 1888 TO BOTH, DESIGNED BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE IN 1883
The goddess of Wisdom modeled seated resting her arm on a shield centering the mask of Medusa, wearing a short scaled cuirass edged with gilt entwined snakes over her richly draped chiffon, her helmet with grotesschi, its plume supported on the back of a griffin, delicately decorated overall in manganese and touches of blue and covered in a tinted glaze, raised on a fluted columnar socle, moulded with a ribbon-tied wreath and enriched with gilt bands
14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm.) high, overall
A SEVRES (THIRD REPUBLIC) MODEL OF MINERVA AND SOCLE
DATED 1882-1888, THE SOCLE WITH GREEN PRINTED LOZENGE KILN MARK S.82. INCISED M 82 4 AND PAINTED A.S, IRON-RED PRINTED RF MONOGRAM DÉCORÉ MARKS FOR 1888 TO BOTH, DESIGNED BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE IN 1883
The goddess of Wisdom modeled seated resting her arm on a shield centering the mask of Medusa, wearing a short scaled cuirass edged with gilt entwined snakes over her richly draped chiffon, her helmet with grotesschi, its plume supported on the back of a griffin, delicately decorated overall in manganese and touches of blue and covered in a tinted glaze, raised on a fluted columnar socle, moulded with a ribbon-tied wreath and enriched with gilt bands
14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm.) high, overall
