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Meissen "Ideal Love" Design Gustav Deloy 1895-1896,...

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Meissen "Ideal Love" Design Gustav Deloy 1895-1896, underglaze blue sword mark after 1934, 1st choice, incised model number P.169., moulding number 62 and brush number 74, naturalistic design with pastel overglaze painting and subtle gold decoration, a young man standing on a profiled oval plinth as a semi-nude with drapery, rosary, wings and a quiver slung over his shoulder, lovingly holding a young woman with bare breast and butterfly wings in his arms, depicting the mythological love affair between the god of love Cupid and the king's daughter Psyche, rare figurine group, one fingertip with "flea bite" and leaf trimming minimally chipped, otherwise in good condition for its age, h 21 cm. Source: Bergmann, Meissener Künstler-Figuren, vol. I, p. 164, fig. 306.