EUROPA AND THE BULL. JEAN RENE GAUGUIN (1881-1961)

Meissen group of Europa and the Bull. Europa sitting on white bull with two female attendants sitting either side of her. The god Zeus has transformed himself in to a docile white bull in order to gain the confidence of Europa before he carries her off in to the sea and on to the island of crete where she bore him three sons. First modelled by JJ Kaendler...

An exceptional antique Vienna porcelain chocolate cup and cover hand painted with a scene from Greek mythology titled Galathea and Raub der Europa dating from the 19th century. The cylindrical shaped cup has a shaped square top grooved and gilded handle with the body of the cup hand painted with a continuous watery landscape scene depicting the Rape of Europa...

Excellent large meissen figurine group around 1860: Beautiful, youthful Europe, the primordial mother of the continent, with her hair tied back and adorned with flowers, sits sideways on the strong, white bull, which is actually the transformed father of the god Zeus, who kidnaps the young woman. She is covered only with a large floor-length cloth with golden stars. With her right hand she holds on to one of the animal's horns, with her left hand she grasps its neck, a flower garland adorns the animal's head, two nymphs wrapped in shawls kneel at Europe's feet and offer flowers from a basket. The group is based on an oval base with rocaille decoration heightened in gold. Design: Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695 - 1749) From 1735 sculptor and modeller at the Meissen porcelain factory. Eberlein worked with Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1706 - 1775) - a modeller at the Meissen manufactory since 1731: Together with J. J. KÄNDLER and Johann Gottlieb Ehder, he created the swan service with more than 2,200 individual items between 1737 and 1742. Eberlein's own creations show classical deities on opulent baroque...

Porcelain figurine of the Danish Bing & Grøndahl manufactory, Figurine in perfect condition. No. 59, boy on the dolphin.

This wonderfully large porcelain roaring lion is well molded and hand painted with attention to detail. It is fully marked with the three towers of Copenhagen on the bottom of one fr...

Porcelain figurine of reading children, made in Denmark by the Bing & Grondahl manufactory Mark used in 1958-1962. Very good condition, no damage. h...