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Lot 51 D α

A Berlin KPM porcelain group of Paris and Helena

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
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A Berlin KPM porcelain group of Paris and Helena

Model no. 758. Finely painted figures accompanied by a goat and dog, engraved "Paris et Helena" on the reverse (smoothed down in the manufactory before the glaze firing). Blue sceptre mark. The crown on the cushion, his head, both arms and the club restored, firing cracks to the fur. H 26 cm.
Around 1785, model by Johann Georg Müller.

Literature

Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 – 1786, vol. 2., Berlin 1913, l. illus. 648 for the example in the ceramics collection of KPM.