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Lot 156

A Frankenthal allegorical figure emblematic of 'Air', circa 1767

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Frankenthal allegorical figure emblematic of 'Air', circa 1767

Modelled by Franz Conrad Linck, as a woman standing with her arm around an eagle, clad in a floral drapery held over her head with her left hand, the base modelled with clouds and two heads with puffed cheeks, edged with gilt scrollwork, 26.8cm high, crowned CT monogram and indistinct mark (7?) in underglaze-blue (some restoration)

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From a series by Linck of four figures representing the Elements, based on the monumental sandstone sculptures by the Bavarian sculptor, Joachim Günther, and his workshop, for the gardens of Schloss Bruchsal. The figure of 'Air' may be based on an engraving by Simon Thamison, after a statue by Étienne Lehingre for a series of the Elements for the gardens at Versailles after a drawing by Charles Le Brun (see B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Frankenthaler Porzellan, vol. 1 (2008), no. 216).

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