Lot Essay
Cf. M. Oppenheim, Johann Peter Melchior, Frankfurt, 1957 p. 87, ill. 70.
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1770-1775, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE SIX-SPOKED WHEEL (RADMARKE)
Details
A Höchst white group of Ariadne or the bathing Venus
1770-1775, marked with underglaze blue six-spoked wheel (Radmarke)
Modelled by Johann Peter Melchior, the kneeling nude maiden holding her left hand to her face and her right hand to her breast, further with a flowing garment, on a circular neoclassical wreathed pedestal base
18 cm. high
See illustration
1770-1775, marked with underglaze blue six-spoked wheel (Radmarke)
Modelled by Johann Peter Melchior, the kneeling nude maiden holding her left hand to her face and her right hand to her breast, further with a flowing garment, on a circular neoclassical wreathed pedestal base
18 cm. high
See illustration
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