A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Ganymede
A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Ganymede
The cup decorated with a portrait in an oval medallion inscribed "GANIMEDER." "schönsten aller Schönen", depicting Zeus' favoured consort. The saucer painted with a scroll and laurel branch amid clouds. Blue crossed swords mark with star and 4 and with II and 4 (saucer). Two restored rim chips. H of cup 8.5, D of saucer 14.3 cm.
Circa 1814 – 20.
Provenance
"Auctioned by Christie's London on 5th October 1987, lot 171.
The Hiemisch collection."
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A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Ganymede
The cup decorated with a portrait in an oval medallion inscribed "GANIMEDER." "schönsten aller Schönen", depicting Zeus' favoured consort. The saucer painted with a scroll and laurel branch amid clouds. Blue crossed swords mark with star and 4 and with II and 4 (saucer). Two restored rim chips. H of cup 8.5, D of saucer 14.3 cm.
Circa 1814 – 20.
Provenance
"Auctioned by Christie's London on 5th October 1987, lot 171.
The Hiemisch collection."
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