Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 100*
A Meissen group allegorical of 'Air', circa 1750-60
6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,083.75 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Meissen group allegorical of 'Air', circa 1750-60
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler and F.E. Meyer, with a classical nude seated on a cloud base, her hair flying behind her and a dove perched on her left hand, a peacock standing beside her and a putto with bellows kneeling behind, another putto flying amidst the clouds above, 15.5cm high (small losses)
Footnotes
The model is from a series of the Elements, of which 'Fire' is in the Hans Syz Collection, Smithsonian Institution (H. Syz et al., Catalologue of the Hans Syz Collection (1979), no. 289).
