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97. A rare Meissen figure of the Muse Calliope from the Parn…
97
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97. A rare Meissen figure of the Muse Calliope from the Parn…
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
97. A rare Meissen figure of the Muse Calliope from the Parnassus centrepiece, circa 1762
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, seated on coloured rockwork applied with flowering branches, writing in an open book, a pounce pot, an ink pot and another book in front, wearing a tunic decorated with gilt flowers, a puce-lined yellow cloak with indianische Blumen and a wreath on her hair, the base modelled with elaborate gilt-edged scrollwork, incised "Caliope" to rear, "G" coloured in purple to flat side of base and "C" to front edge 21.5cm high; 25cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
Provenance
Anon. sale, Bonhams London, 12 December 2012, lot 148;
Formerly in the Brigitte Britzke Collection, Bad Pyrmont
This figure formed part of the large and elaborate centrepiece most probably for the dessert service of the table service ordered by Frederick the Great of Prussia at the end of 1761, subsequently known as the Möllendorff Service. A complete example of the large sculptural centrepiece featuring Apollo on Parnassus is in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt (S. Wittwer, "'hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verfertiggung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret' - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan," in Keramos, 208 (2010): 56ff., ill. 52.
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