Figurengruppe "Sphinx I". Originaltitel - photo 1

Figurengruppe "Sphinx I". Originaltitel

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€ 9 000
Auction dateClassic
02.12.2022 10:00UTC +02:00
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Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
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Lot 819 | Figurengruppe "Sphinx I". Originaltitel
Figurengruppe "Sphinx I". Originaltitel
Frontseitig passig geschweifter Sockel mit reliefiertem Profil- und Flechtband. Über gehöhtem, felsigem Terrain mit aufgelegten Blüten und Blättern liegende Sphinx mit Löwenkörper und weiblichem Kopf, bekrönt von einem Nemes-Kopftuch mit Diadem. Auf ihrem Rücken ein edler, purpurfarbener, von Golddekor und -quasten gezierter Überwurf, darauf sitzender, nackter Knabe mit hellblauem Lendentuch und fein modellierter Blumengirlande. Seitlich stehende, prunkvolle, klassizistische Widderkopf-Jardiniere mit plastischem Blumenbukett. Polychrome Malerei mit reicher Goldstaffage. Entw. Michel Victor Acier, um 1772/74. Modell-Nr. 18. Unw. rest.; Schwertermarke. H. 23 cm.
Ausformung einer von Acier 1774 entworfenen Figurengruppe aus der sog. "Großen russischen Bestellung" für die Zarin Katharina II. von Russland, genannt Katharina die Große für Palais Oranienbaum (Lomonossow), die ursprünglich als Doppelgruppe mit einem Pendant mit sitzendem Mädchen ("Sphinx II) konzipiert wurde, jedoch im Original in Oranienbaum nicht mehr vorhanden ist.
Vgl. Pietsch, Kat. Meissen für die Zaren, Nr. 184 und Abb. 43; Von Spee, Klassizistische Porzellanplastik, (Diss.), Bonn, 2004, Kat.-Nr. 23, S. 226f.
A porcelain figure group mit cupid boy "Sphinx I" from the "Great Russian order" for tsarina Catherine II, so-called Catherine the Great, originally modelled by M. V. Acier in 1772 - 1774 as a counterpart to the group with girl. Insignificantly restored. Crossed swords mark.
Meissen. 2. Hälfte 19. Jh.
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