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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN ALLEGORICAL FINE ARTS GROUP, UNDERGLAZE BLUE MARK, INCISED NUMBERS AND MARK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, modeled as a classically draped seated cherub holding his palette and brushes while painting a portrait of Cupid holding aloft a flaming torch, set on a portable easel covering an opened box of artist's paints and scrolled canvases, before a seated companion cherub modeling Cupid, beneath a standing cherub holding a portfolio while gazing at the portrait, on a shaped stylized groundwork base within oak leaf trim above a gilt Vitruvian scroll frieze, reversing to an underside with underglaze crossed swords mark, overglaze red "54.", incised "5." and a "t." mark, impressed "147." Height: 7 1/2" Width: 7" Depth: 5 1/2"

  • Condition: Overall good condition, lacking tips of two paint brushes.

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May 20, 2018 1:00 PM CDT
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