Engish and European Ceramics and Glass - 25 Nov 2014
A Meissen figure group of the Drunken Silenus 19th century
A Meissen figure group of the Drunken Silenus 19th century, reworked from the original model by J J Kändler, the inebriated god slumped on the back of a donkey, supported by a young man, while a maiden feeds grapes to the garlanded ass, a putto pulling its tail behind, blue crossed swords mark, incised 2724, a few small restorations, 21cm high.