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Meissen Porcelain Group 'Europe on the Bull', by J.F. Eberlein, circa 1860
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Excellent large meissen figurine group around 1860:
Beautiful, youthful Europe, the primordial mother of the continent, with her hair tied back and adorned with flowers, sits sideways on the strong, white bull, which is actually the transformed father of the god Zeus, who kidnaps the young woman. She is covered only with a large floor-length cloth with golden stars. With her right hand she holds on to one of the animal's horns,
with her left hand she grasps its neck, a flower garland adorns the animal's head, two nymphs wrapped in shawls kneel at Europe's feet and offer flowers from a basket.
The group is based on an oval base with rocaille decoration heightened in gold.
Design:
Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695 - 1749) From 1735 sculptor and modeller at the Meissen porcelain factory. Eberlein worked with Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1706 - 1775) - a modeller at the Meissen manufactory since 1731: Together with J. J. KÄNDLER and Johann Gottlieb Ehder, he created the swan service with more than 2,200 individual items between 1737 and 1742. Eberlein's own creations show classical deities on opulent baroque plinths.
The model 2697 was created in 1748.
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1860
Marked: underglaze Meissen blue crossed sword mark / first quality
Model number: 2697 / former's numbers 7118 / painter's number 35
Material: porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade and painted porcelain
Dimensions:
height: 21.0 cm / 8.26 in
width: 20.0 cm / 7.87 in
depth: 13.0 cm / 5.11 in
Bibliography:
Sabine & Thomas Bergmann, 'Meissen - Figures', Model numbers 1 - 3000, Erlangen,Germany 2017, page 529, catalogue number 2186.
Condition: very good.
- Creator:Johann Friedrich Eberlein (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 8.27 in (21 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20 cm)Depth: 5.12 in (13 cm)
- Style:Rococo (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1860
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Vienna, AT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1014433100072
Johann Friedrich Eberlein
Johann Friedrich Eberlein was a German sculptor, having been active at Meissen manufactory since 1735, a few years after Johann Joachim Kaendler's start of a professional career in Meissen (1731). Eberlein created in collaboration with Kaendler and Johann Gottlieb Ehder the famous Swan Set in 1737–42, consisting of more than 2200 separated parts.
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