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Meissen group of The Birth of Venus

after the model by J.J. Kaendler — circa 1880
£6500

Venus is accompanied by Cupid in a shell as three tritons lift it from the deep blues of the sea.

Underglaze blue crossed swords, incised model number 127, impressed assembler’s number 101, painted decorator’s number 24.

Dimensions
34cm high

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History

The complexity of this group meant it was assembled in two sections, one with the figural elements and the other with the rock work and water elements, and fixed together with a bolt at the manufactory.

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