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Lot 1399 Dα

A Nymphenburg porcelain figure of Fama with a trumpet

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.520 € (incl. premium)

A Nymphenburg porcelain figure of Fama with a trumpet

Winged female figure in a purple striped drapery holding a palm frond. Hollow base with impressed rhombus mark, incised 46. The arm with the trumpet, one wing and the tip of the drapery and one leg restored. H 17.5 cm.
Around 1762, model by Franz Anton Bustelli.

Literature

The same angel figure in Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan. Sammlung Bäuml, Stuttgart 1997, cat. no. 3 and another example in the Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. Ker 3644.
S.a. Eikelmann (ed.), Franz Anton Bustelli. Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko. Das Gesamtwerk, Munich 2004, no. 176, the example in the BNM, with very similar painting, restorations/additions to the trumpet, wings and right arm.