An allegory of astronomy, for Tsarina Catherine II,
to the centre stands a globe, stands and a compass on a table, a standing Cupid studying the images in a book, to one side, a seated Cupid, drawing the passage of the planets on a white platter, before him a third figure looks through a telescope, porcelain, polychrome and gilt group, height 20 cm, length 18 cm, stylus, 1 toe, 1 index finger slightly chipped, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark, late 19th cent., model no. 9, former no. 100, painter no. 1, model by Michel Victor Acier, circa 1774 (Ru)
Lit.: Meissen für die Zaren, Dresden 2004, p. 125, ill. 191, from the large Russian order for Tsarina Catherine II, for Oranienbaum;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
20.04.2016 - 15:00
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EUR 2,800.- to EUR 3,200.-
An allegory of astronomy, for Tsarina Catherine II,
to the centre stands a globe, stands and a compass on a table, a standing Cupid studying the images in a book, to one side, a seated Cupid, drawing the passage of the planets on a white platter, before him a third figure looks through a telescope, porcelain, polychrome and gilt group, height 20 cm, length 18 cm, stylus, 1 toe, 1 index finger slightly chipped, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark, late 19th cent., model no. 9, former no. 100, painter no. 1, model by Michel Victor Acier, circa 1774 (Ru)
Lit.: Meissen für die Zaren, Dresden 2004, p. 125, ill. 191, from the large Russian order for Tsarina Catherine II, for Oranienbaum;
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 |