TWO MEISSEN FIGURES ALLEGORICAL OF SMELL AND TASTE, CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS

TWO MEISSEN FIGURES ALLEGORICAL OF SMELL AND TASTE
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
From a set of the Senses, modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein, as nymphs with attendant putti, Taste with a bowl of fruit and a monkey and Smell with a pot-pourri vase on a pedestal, each on a square base
Smell - 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.) high

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A LAKE GENEVA PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 107-142)