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Lot 79 Dα

A Berlin KPM allegorical porcelain group representing the four continents

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 11:00 - Prussia I
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM allegorical porcelain group representing the four continents

Model no. 528. Four figure group with children representing Asia, Africa, America, and Europe in the centre. Blue sceptre mark. Retouches to the crown and orb, the sceptre replaced, restorations to the figures. H 22 cm.
Ca. 1770.

Literature

This model in: Heim, Die Berliner Porzellanplastik und ihre skulpturale Dimension, Berlin 2016, no. 65, with citation from the model book: "One figure, Europe with three children, representing the four continents (...)". Apart from this figure from the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, the author lists three further examples housed in museums in Potsdam, Moscow, and Prague.