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Lot 562 Dα

A Meissen porcelain allegory of astronomy

Auction 1066 - overview Cologne
20.05.2016, 10:30 - Silver and Porcelain
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain allegory of astronomy

Depicting the muse Urania seated beneath a tree with a putto and astronomic instruments. Blue crossed swords mark, model no. 558, impressed numbers, red 83. Minor restorations, a firing crack. H 27.9 cm.
2nd half 19th C., the model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, ca. 1741.