‘Melpomene’, the singing one,
the Greek Muse of tragic poetry, standing figure wearing an ivy wreath and light purple toga, holding a stick in her right hand and mask of tragedy and a scroll in her left, square stepped base with fine and wide gilt rims, height 26 cm, small repairs, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark, 1st half of 19th cent., model L 66, former no. 102, model by Carl Gotthelf Starke the Younger, 1796-1801 (Ru)
According to the Ancient Greeks, the Muses were patron goddesses of the arts and intellectual life, originally there were probably 3 of them, later they numbered 9 sisters belonging to Apollo’s retinue;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
21.10.2015 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 3,750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,600.- to EUR 2,000.-
‘Melpomene’, the singing one,
the Greek Muse of tragic poetry, standing figure wearing an ivy wreath and light purple toga, holding a stick in her right hand and mask of tragedy and a scroll in her left, square stepped base with fine and wide gilt rims, height 26 cm, small repairs, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark, 1st half of 19th cent., model L 66, former no. 102, model by Carl Gotthelf Starke the Younger, 1796-1801 (Ru)
According to the Ancient Greeks, the Muses were patron goddesses of the arts and intellectual life, originally there were probably 3 of them, later they numbered 9 sisters belonging to Apollo’s retinue;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art (Furniture, Sculpture, Glass and porcelain) |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.10.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 10.10. - 21.10.2015 |
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