TWO MEISSEN FIGURE GROUPS, 'EUROPA AND THE BULL' AND 'DRUNKEN SILENUS'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS, THE SECOND INCISED 2724., AFTER THE MODELS BY F. E. MEYER

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TWO MEISSEN FIGURE GROUPS, 'EUROPA AND THE BULL' AND 'DRUNKEN SILENUS'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS, THE SECOND INCISED 2724., AFTER THE MODELS BY F. E. MEYER
The first with the scantily clad nymph seated on the back of the disguised Jupiter, flanked by kneeling and seated attendant maidens, one offering Europa a flower taken from a basket; the second with the besot figure slumped on an ass wearing a crown of grapevine, an attendant steadying him, another feeding the animal while a putto tugs its tail, each on a rocky rocaille-moulded base
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high, the first (2)

Lot Essay

See Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. 458-461, pl. 334 and pl. 335 for an example of these models from the collection of the Marquess of Exeter, now in the Rijksmuseum, and sold in these rooms (Christie's, London) 7-8 June 1888, lot 228.

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