Great Cupid

Lot 4624 limit € 1.400

Meissen, sword mark, 1st choice, model by Heinrich Schwabe 1880-82, model no. M 116, Cupid, piercing two hearts with an arrow, grooved natural base with tree support, colored painting, gold decoration, nice condition, height approx. 26.5 cm, pommel swords mid-19th century to 1923; Heinrich Schwabe (1847-1924), sculptor, studied at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts, 1875-1907 professor ibid., the Meissner manufactory acquired a total of 48 models, busts, cupids, children and genre figures created by him by 1899