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A Meissen group of Czarina Elizabeth on horseback circa 1974
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number 73108, impressed 113 and date code
- 23.5cm., 9 1/4 in.
after the model by J.J. Kändler, holding a baton in her right hand and wearing the Order of the Polish White Eagle and the grand cross of the Order of St. Andrew, attended by a servant with feathered turban, blue jacket and yellow tunic, the base encrusted with leaves and flowers
Catalogue Note
Modelled by Kändler around 1743 after a portrait by Georg Christoph Grooth (1716-49) of the same year; see U.Pietsch (ed.), Meissen for the Czars, cat.no.47 for the painting, and cat.no.46 for the 18th century group in the State Art Collections in Dresden.