Lot No. 910


Children with mottos,


Children with mottos, - Works of Art (Furniture, Sculptures, Glass, Porcelain)

porcelain, 16 items, hexagonal base with mottos in pink reserves: ‘Je les balance, Un me suffit, Je les punis, Las de vaincre je me repose, Je le captive, Je les ramêne, Je le dompte, Je preds mon essor, Je les accouple, Je les rends legers, Je les couronne, Je les enflamme, Je blehse et soulage, Coup sur coup, Je les unis, Je découvre tout,’ porcelain, polychrome and gilt figural group, some restoration, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark 2nd half of 19th cent., model by Victor Michael Acier after drawings of Schönau by Johann Elias Zeißig 1775 (Ru)

Lit.: VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, ‘The group of children are accompanied by inscriptions on the base in the French language, known as mottos. They are winged amoretti, who concern themselves with hearts, ‘inflaming them, binding them together, and breaking them.’

Specialist: Ursula Rohringer Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382

ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at

22.04.2015 - 15:00

Realized price: **
EUR 17,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-

Children with mottos,


porcelain, 16 items, hexagonal base with mottos in pink reserves: ‘Je les balance, Un me suffit, Je les punis, Las de vaincre je me repose, Je le captive, Je les ramêne, Je le dompte, Je preds mon essor, Je les accouple, Je les rends legers, Je les couronne, Je les enflamme, Je blehse et soulage, Coup sur coup, Je les unis, Je découvre tout,’ porcelain, polychrome and gilt figural group, some restoration, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark 2nd half of 19th cent., model by Victor Michael Acier after drawings of Schönau by Johann Elias Zeißig 1775 (Ru)

Lit.: VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, ‘The group of children are accompanied by inscriptions on the base in the French language, known as mottos. They are winged amoretti, who concern themselves with hearts, ‘inflaming them, binding them together, and breaking them.’

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: 22.04.2015 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.04. - 22.04.2015


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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