Live Auction 2305500 Years Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets
Lot 207

A PAIR OF LARGE MEISSEN FIGURE GROUPS, 'AMORS FESSELUNG' AND 'AMOR IN NÖTEN'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NOS. J 70. AND J.82., IMPRESSED NUMERALS, AFTER THE MODELS BY C.G. JÜCHTZER

Closed20 April 2010

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A PAIR OF LARGE MEISSEN FIGURE GROUPS, 'AMORS FESSELUNG' AND 'AMOR IN NÖTEN'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NOS. J 70. AND J.82., IMPRESSED NUMERALS, AFTER THE MODELS BY C.G. JÜCHTZER
Each modeled with Cupid in distress, his quiver and bow strewn aside, either having his wings clipped and arrows broken by two young maidens or being 'bound' by ribbons, the oval base molded with ovolo and acanthus
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide (2)

Specialist note

For a line drawing and history of these models, see. T.H. Clarke, Marcolini Meissen Figures Engraved by Friedrich Elasser, 1782-1792, London, 1988, pp. 53-4 and 110, figs. 191 and 193.