A major figural group "Apollo and Python" for Tsarina Catherine II.,
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Apollo at the highest point as a radiant victor over the dragon Python and the personification of Envy, both lying dead at his feet, in the left hand a gilt bow, in the background his quiver hanging from a tree, with small genius holding a laurel wreath and palm branch over Apollo, on the left, Minerva as Goddess of War, wearing helmet and breastplate, in the right hand a spear, in the left hand an oil branch, a seated owl indicating her identity with Pallas Athena, porcelain, polychromed and gilt, rock base with leaf work, curving tiered base with narrow and wide gilt edging, gilt borders and rosettes, height: 38 cm, length: 35 cm, right owl wing broken, leaves restored,
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, mid-19th cent., model no. No 32, former no. 137, painter no. 20, model by J. J. Kändler in March and May 1774 (Ru)
Lit.: Meissen für die Zaren, Dresden, 2004, p 105, ill. 29, This group was part of the "Great Russian Commission" for Tsarina Catherine II. for the pavilion at the Sleigh Hills.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
26.04.2017 - 15:00
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EUR 10,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
A major figural group "Apollo and Python" for Tsarina Catherine II.,
Apollo at the highest point as a radiant victor over the dragon Python and the personification of Envy, both lying dead at his feet, in the left hand a gilt bow, in the background his quiver hanging from a tree, with small genius holding a laurel wreath and palm branch over Apollo, on the left, Minerva as Goddess of War, wearing helmet and breastplate, in the right hand a spear, in the left hand an oil branch, a seated owl indicating her identity with Pallas Athena, porcelain, polychromed and gilt, rock base with leaf work, curving tiered base with narrow and wide gilt edging, gilt borders and rosettes, height: 38 cm, length: 35 cm, right owl wing broken, leaves restored,
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords, mid-19th cent., model no. No 32, former no. 137, painter no. 20, model by J. J. Kändler in March and May 1774 (Ru)
Lit.: Meissen für die Zaren, Dresden, 2004, p 105, ill. 29, This group was part of the "Great Russian Commission" for Tsarina Catherine II. for the pavilion at the Sleigh Hills.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 26.04.2017 - 15:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 15.04. - 26.04.2017 |