Sold for $625

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Two Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Figures of the Senses

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Each depicting a seated 18th century woman, 'Hearing' playing a spinet, and 'Sight' looking into a mirror on her dressing table, each with crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, incised E3 and E1, impressed 127 and 151Q.

Heights 5 3/4 and 5 inches; widths 4 and 3 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of Donald L. Garrett, Atlanta, Georgia

Condition Report

Very minor rubbing to gilt, overall excellent condition.

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