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A Meissen white figure of the 'Seated Diana', circa 1924-34 image 1
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A Meissen white figure of the 'Seated Diana', circa 1924-34

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

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A Meissen white figure of the 'Seated Diana', circa 1924-34

Modelled by Paul Scheurich, the seated nude figure of Diana removing a strap from her left shoulder, her quiver with arrows lying to her right on her discarded gown, 29.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with one incised cancellation mark and impressed crossed swords mark and 'Weiß' to side, model number A1046 and impressed 141 to underside (minor restoration)

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Paul Scheurich fully started working for the Meissen factory in 1913, the same year Max Adolf Pfeiffer became the director of the factory. He created 106 different designs over two decades at Meissen.

'Seated Diana' was the third model based on classical mythology that Scheurich created for Meissen between 1919 and 1920. Before offering it to the factory, he displayed it at the exhibition of the Berlin Secession in 1920. The figure was then modelled by Meissen in 1921 and the first example sold in 1922. Overall 115 figures were offered for sale until the end of 1931. For a detailed discussion, see Johannes Rafael, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945: Porzellan für die Meissener Manufaktur (1995), p.56. Another example is illustrated in S. & T. Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures (2010), no. 1021.

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