CIRCA 1755, UNDERGLAZE BLUE W AT BACK OF BASE, IMPRESSED 1 90 26

细节

A Berlin (Wegely) figure of Cupid in disguise
Circa 1755, underglaze blue W at back of base, impressed 1 90 26
Wearing a large black tricorn hat tipped to the back of his head, a yellow coat with gilt buttons and red shoes, standing blindfolded and holding a stick in his left hand, on a rockwork and gilt scroll-moulded circular mound base (stick restored, minute wear to gilding and black enamel)
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high

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拍品专文

Cf. Gisela Zick, op. cit. (Berlin 1978), no. 104 for four other similar examples, and an example in the Blohm Collection illustrated by Robert Schmidt, Early European Porcelain as Collected by Otto Blohm (Munich 1953), pl. 71, no. 262. For the Meissen original from which this is derived see C.H. Fischer Collection, Heberle, Berlin 22nd-25th October 1906, no. 601. It is possible that this blind-folded Cupid represents the blindness of sensual love.