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Meissen stunning figurine's bust: season's figurine of autumn / fall
Model K 177
Measures:
Height: 9.84 inches (= 25.0 cm)
Eidth: 5.51 inches (= 14.0 cm)
Depth: 4.33 inches (= 11.0 cm)
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (bottom not glazed)
model number K 177 / former's number 57
First quality
Dating: fourth quarter of the 19th century / made circa 1880
Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted
Technique: handmade porcelain
Style: Neo-Baroque
Designed by: Heinrich Schwabe (1847 - 1924).
The sculptor had studied at the School of Applied Arts in Nuremberg (Germany) / he was Professor in Nuremberg during the period as from the year 1875 until 1907. Schwabe was well-known for having designed the famous Cupid L-Series on behalf of Meissen manufactory / apart from that, the sculptor created busts, children and genre figurines.
The model K 177 was created circa 1876-1877.
Detailed description:
Bust of a lovely chubby faced boy, with snub nose and opened mouth.
The child's bust is decorated with blue wine grapes as well as with wine leaves wound around child's head and neck = these vegetable attributes are symbols of fall / autumn.
The modelling is of finest quality, the details are excellently shaped / the child's face is of stunning appearance.
Bibliography:
Thomas Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures (Erlangen 2010), model numbers A 100 - Z 300, page 66 / catalogue number 116
Condition:
Excellent (there aren't any damages existing).
Details
- CreatorHeinrich Schwabe 1 (Sculptor)
- In the Style Of
- Place of origin
- Date of manufacturecirca 1880
- Period
- Materials and techniques
- ConditionExcellent. there aren't any damages existing / MINT CONDITION.
- Dimensions
H 9.84 in. x W 5.51 in. x D 4.33 in.
H 25 cm x W 14 cm x D 11 cm
- Seller locationVienna, AT
- Reference numberLU101449403243
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