A Fürstenberg figure of Cupid in disguise as Petit maître, circa 1770
Modelled by Johann Christoph Rombrich, carrying his tricorn under his right arm and wearing a gilt-edged, puce jacket decorated with gilt and purple dots, the base with tree-stump support, modelled with gilt-edged scrollwork, 10.5cm high (sword broken off)
Sold for
£437
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Another example of this figure, based on a Meissen example, is in the Reichmann Collection, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, published by Michael Unterberg, Frühes Fürstenberger Porzellan (2010), cat. no. 230.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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