A Meissen porcelain figure as an allegory of winter
A Meissen porcelain figure as an allegory of winter
The season of winter depicted as an old man in a fur lined purple drapery with fire sconce, a bottle of wine and a glass on a pedestal beside him. Unglazed base with former's number, no crossed swords mark. H 22.5 cm.
Circa 1760, model by Friedrich Elias Meyer, circa 1760.
Provenance
Private collection, Hesse.
Literature
Cf. Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 991.
Cf. Brattig (ed.), Meissen Barockes Porzellan, Stuttgart-Cologne 2010, no. 2.
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A Meissen porcelain figure as an allegory of winter
The season of winter depicted as an old man in a fur lined purple drapery with fire sconce, a bottle of wine and a glass on a pedestal beside him. Unglazed base with former's number, no crossed swords mark. H 22.5 cm.
Circa 1760, model by Friedrich Elias Meyer, circa 1760.
Provenance
Private collection, Hesse.
Literature
Cf. Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 991.
Cf. Brattig (ed.), Meissen Barockes Porzellan, Stuttgart-Cologne 2010, no. 2.
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