Venus seated in her shell chariot,
surmounted by a diadem, her wafting shawl over her shoulders, before her 3 amoretti with garlands of roses in their hands, 2 companions adorning a swan with garlands of roses, to the reverse, a boy and girl holding 2 doves, rocky base with reeds and flowers, biscuit porcelain, oval base, France, incised apocryphal Sèvres mark, late 19th cent. (Ru)
Lit. cf.: Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Dresden 2000, p. 35, ill. 20, terrine from the Swan Service as ‘Venus in her shell chariot’, circa 1739; p. 63, ill. 47, here an oil painting by Francesco Albani, ‘Galatea in a shell chariot’ circa 1630, as precedent for the above group;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
20.04.2016 - 15:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,800.- to EUR 3,000.-
Venus seated in her shell chariot,
surmounted by a diadem, her wafting shawl over her shoulders, before her 3 amoretti with garlands of roses in their hands, 2 companions adorning a swan with garlands of roses, to the reverse, a boy and girl holding 2 doves, rocky base with reeds and flowers, biscuit porcelain, oval base, France, incised apocryphal Sèvres mark, late 19th cent. (Ru)
Lit. cf.: Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Dresden 2000, p. 35, ill. 20, terrine from the Swan Service as ‘Venus in her shell chariot’, circa 1739; p. 63, ill. 47, here an oil painting by Francesco Albani, ‘Galatea in a shell chariot’ circa 1630, as precedent for the above group;
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, Porcelain) |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 20.04.2016 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 09.04. - 20.04.2016 |