A SET OF FOUR ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL FIGURES

Lot 78
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Lot 78 | A SET OF FOUR ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL FIGURES
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£ 25 000 – 40 000
A SET OF FOUR ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL FIGURES
CIRCA 1750
Each modelled standing, by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, one with a pot-pourri to her side, hound at her feet and flowers in her hand, emblematic of smell, one with her foot on a tortoise and a parrot nipping her finger, emblematic of touch, one with a deer at her feet and a lute in her arms, emblematic of sound, one standing next to a putto carrying a bushel of wheat, emblematic of summer

The largest: 11 ¾ in. (30.5 cm.) high; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep




Provenance

Collection baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911).
By descent in the family until sold 'Porcelaines provenant de l'ancienne collection du Baron Gustave de ROTHSCHILD', Hôtel Drouot, (Etude Couturier Nicolay), Paris, 20 June 1991, lot 16.
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