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Four Berlin (K.P.M.) white porcelain figures from the 'Geburt der Schönheit' table centrepiece, post-1945

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June 24, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

modelled by Paul Scheurich, comprising:

a figure group of Triton and a nerieid, with Triton holding a pearl in his outstretched hand, with a reclining nereid behind him and a putto at his feet;

two naiad figures and a triton figure, each riding on the back of a hippocamp, emerging from waves out of the shaped stepped base, the triton group with sceptre mark in underglaze-blue, the hippocamp figures with sceptre mark over KPM in underglaze-blue, all with impressed letters Lü


Height of tallest 21 ⅝ in; 55 cm

Related Literature

Erich Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan 1763-1963, Vol. I, Braunschweig, 1966, pp. 153f;

Christian Lechelt, ‘Porzellan und Politik, Der Tafelaufzentrum "Geburt der Schönheit" von Paul Scheurich’; Keramos, 196, 2007, pp. 59-92;

Johannes Rafael, ‘Paul Scheurich, Porzellane für die Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, Der Tafelschmuck Die Geburt der Schönheit’, Keramos, 240, 2018.