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Lot 1168 Dα

A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with Deianeira and Nessos

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
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A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with Deianeira and Nessos

The reverse painted with Venus and Cupid amid clouds. The original lid with trophies.
Includes a cup with black and red roses, aquired in 1979. Blue crossed swords mark with star, three black dots, dreher's number 58. Small restoration to the floral finial. H 12.5 cm.
After 1774.

This depiction of Nessos and Deianeira illustrates an episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses and was based on the engraving "Enlèvement de Déjanire par le centaure Nessus" by Jean-Jacques le Veau after Jean-Michel Moreau.

Provenance

The Hiemisch collection, acquired in 2002 from Frau Plötz-Peters in Berlin.