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Lot 84

A Meissen group of the Abduction of Proserpine, mid 18th century

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

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A Meissen group of the Abduction of Proserpine, mid 18th century

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, Pluto wearing a crown and a billowing yellow cloak embellished with purple foliate motifs, carrying a struggling Proserpine wearing a flower garland and floral draperies, a tree stump behind them, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 27cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (some restoration)

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This group is listed in the inventories of the stock of the Paris dealer Edme Choudard-Desforges, made in 1759 and 1761: 'grouppe représentant l'enlèvement de Proserpine de la p.re sorte' (quoted by J. Weber, Von Moskau bus Lissabon, von Dublin bis Konstantinopel. Der Handel mit Meißener Porzellan im 18. Jahrhundert (1719-1773), in Keramos 216 (2012), p. 20).

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