19th Century Furniture

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Lot 222
  • 222

a large berlin porcelain painted plaque of an Allegory of vanity late 19/early 20th century

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • the plaque height 9 in.; width 11 7/8 in.
  • 22.8 cm; 29.5 cm
finely painted, depicting a rider with outstretched hand reaching for a nude female, representing Fortune and Power, while trampling Life, represented by a woman underfoot, as he plunges into a precipice to his death, closely followed by Death riding a black horse, indistinct impressed marks on the reverse.  Set within a carved giltwood frame.