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Lot 94 D α

A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with Deianeira and Nessos

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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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. 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.