Angelo Asti Dresden Semi-Nude Porcelain Plaque

Angelo Asti Dresden Semi-Nude Porcelain Plaque
c. 1896-1917, Germany
Artist/Designer/Manufacturer: After Angelo Asti (Italian, 1847–1903)

Marking(s); notes: Handwritten "d'Asti" to reverse; Kunsthandlung Max Sinz (Th. Lichtenberg Nachfolger), Dresden gallery label to reverse; German, circa 1896–1917

Materials: hand-painted porcelain, gilt metal

Cataloger Note: Antique oval porcelain portrait plaque after Angelo Asti depicting a semi-nude young woman in profile with long flowing brown hair in an Art Nouveau manner. Hand-painted on porcelain and presented in an ornate textured gilt-metal easel frame with suspension ring for wall display.