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Lot 159

A Volkstedt group of Venus and Cupid, circa 1770

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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A Volkstedt group of Venus and Cupid, circa 1770

Venus seated on a tree stump and holding Cupid's hand with pink fabric draped over her lap, Cupid with a quiver on his back standing next to her, on a grassy mound base, 17.5 cm high (some losses)

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Other examples of this group are in Schloss Fasanerie in Fulda; in the collection of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar; and in the collection Jan Ahlers; see Christoph Fritzsche, Die Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur (2013), fig.5-094 for a similar example.

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