19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs

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A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a lyre, and the final seated putti is seen holding a book with with a pen which he is presumably going to use to write music with. Each putti is hand-painted and hand-carved with fantastic detail. Behind the three putti is a tall column with a laurel wreath around its top. Behind the seated putti is a portrait of a man in relief similar to the pate-sur-pate technique. Germany, Circa: 1870.

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