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A Meissen group of The Drunken Silenus, second half 19th century image 1
A Meissen group of The Drunken Silenus, second half 19th century image 2
A Meissen group of The Drunken Silenus, second half 19th century image 3
Lot 282*

A Meissen group of The Drunken Silenus, second half 19th century

6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£700 - £900

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A Meissen group of The Drunken Silenus, second half 19th century

Modelled by E.A. Leuteritz, seated slumped on a donkey supported on his left by a standing figure, a nymph reclining at the front by a basket of grapes and a putto at the rear pulling the donkey's tail, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork; together with a German porcelain group of Apollo in his chariot, circa 1900, after a Meissen model, 20.5cm and 22cm high, the first with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and incised model number 'No:2724', red painter's mark; the second with pseudo-crossed swords mark and asterisk in underglaze-blue (restored) (2)

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Provenance:
A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century Meissen

Silenus was modelled by Leuteritz in 1849-1853 using old moulds, see S. & T. Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures (2010), no. 9.

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