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Lot 135

A Meissen figure of King Midas, circa 1755

14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen figure of King Midas, circa 1755

Modelled with donkey ears, wearing a gold crown, elaborate armour and a purple cloak embellished with a gilt foliate motifs, holding a golden apple in one hand and a golden pear in the other, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 16.9cm high, faint crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base (very minor restoration)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Brigitte Britzke Collection, Bad Pyrmont

Literature:
Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue (2002), p. 185;
La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke/Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung, exhibition catalogue (2009), p. 372

Exhibited:
Museum im Schloss, Bad Pyrmont, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, 28 November 2002 to 26 January 2003;
Fundación Caja Segovia, La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709-1765, 16 July to 18 November 2009

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