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Meissen: PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF APOLLO AND DAPHNE - PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF APOLLO AND DAPHNE. Meissen. Date: Before 1924. Maker/Designer: Model C.G. Jüchtzer. Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours. Description: The mountain nymph and virgin huntress Daphne and the immortally enamoured Apoll on a rectangular pedestal. She is about to turn into a laurel tree while the young god touches her on the hips with one finger. Measurement: Height 36,5cm. Mark: Swords mark, painted blue under the glaze. Model number I9, cameo mark 14c and painter's number 68. The well-known motif from Ovid's Metamorphoses goes back to the life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1622-1625). Meissen Germany Porcelain 20th century Mythological figurines Explanations to the Catalogue Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 43,70 Euro plus 8,30 Euro VAT EU: 58,82 Euro plus 11,18 Euro VAT Worldwide: 117,65 Euro plus 22,35 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance