Figurengruppe 'Das verratene Stelldichein' / A figural group 'The betrayed rendezvous', Meissen, 19. Jh. Material: Porcelain, polychrome painted, glazed and decorated with gold, Mark: underglaze blue long pommel swords, 1st choice, Model no.: C.17., incised, embossed boss no. 163, Design: Jean Troy from Luneville, 1768-1770, Height: 27 cm, Depiction: young woman with bare breast in front of her an old scolding woman, behind the ruin the hiding cavalier, above on a cloud a watching cupid, on the side a lying sphinx sculpture, Condition: good, the cavalier's cloth slightly damaged, no restorations, Literature: Stahlbusch, Figural Porcelain, color illustration page 65.

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