Cupid and Mermaid
Otto König (Meissen 1838 - Wien 1920)
Lot-No. 526
Meissen. Designed around 1863/66, made soon after. Porcelain, colored painted. H. 16,5 cm. Crossed swords mark, model no. G 148. firing crack in the bottom, min. rest. König is known above all for his work on the figurative decoration of magnificent Viennese buildings; only a few models have survived in porcelain, such as the “Cupid and Mermaid” group - German sculptor and porcelain modeler, studied at the Academy of Arts in Dresden, pupil of Ernst Julius Höhnel, from 1868 professor at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna
Otto König: Cupid and Mermaid
Otto König (Meissen 1838 - Wien 1920)
Cupid and Mermaid
Lot-No. 526
Meissen. Designed around 1863/66, made soon after. Porcelain, colored painted. H. 16,5 cm. Crossed swords mark, model no. G 148. firing crack in the bottom, min. rest. König is known above all for his work on the figurative decoration of magnificent Viennese buildings; only a few models have survived in porcelain, such as the “Cupid and Mermaid” group - German sculptor and porcelain modeler, studied at the Academy of Arts in Dresden, pupil of Ernst Julius Höhnel, from 1868 professor at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna
