Fine German Meissen Porcelain 4-Part Figural Group, 'Roman Wedding'

Lot description

Fine German Meissen porcelain figural group, Roman Wedding, after the original 1781 design by Joann Carl Schoenheit (German, 1730-1805) and Michel Victor Acier (French, 1736-1799), model number G71, late 19th c., comprised of four separate parts, depicting Cupid as a winged male figure wearing floral sash and crown, bearing witness to a young couple's wedding, each in Classical-style draped garments and holding a flaming torch, standing afront a columnar pedestal with relief roundel depicting Cupid and Psyche, twice inscribed "Thalasio," each piece with blue underglaze crossed sword mark and incised model number G71 underfoot, affixed to later shaped wood base, porcelain only: approx 13"h, 11"w, 7.5"d, overall: approx 14"h, 12"w, 9"d, 19lbs Note: a detailed description of this model appears in the 2004 Doctoral dissertation "Neoclassical Porcelain Sculpture from the Meissen Manufactory, 1764-1814 (Die Klassizistische Porzellanplastik de Meissener Manufaktur)" by Pauline Grafin von Spee M.A., Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat, 2004, pages 319-320 Provenance: From the inventory of a retired Houston antiques dealer