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Lot 192

A large Ludwigsburg group of the Finding of Moses, circa 1775

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

£2,000 - £3,000

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A large Ludwigsburg group of the Finding of Moses, circa 1775

Modelled by J.H. Schmidt, with four semi-nude ladies clothed in classical draperies, one kneeling and holding a baby, another lying on the ground and leaning on a pot spilling water emblematic of the Nile, the other two flanking a tree on rockwork at the back, one standing and the other seated, on a grassy and rockwork base, 33.2cm high, incised W(?)5 / AF 1 AM (minor chips)

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Provenance:
Ernst Blumka (1886-1969), Vienna (to 1938) and London;
Thence by descent to the Eveline Newgas Collection, London

Another example is illustrated in D. Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (1997), no. 28 (without the tree), and another in L. Balet, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (Figurenplastik), Vol.I (1911), no. 398.

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