porcelain, enamel paint, gilding, silvering (anvil),
small rubbing of paint on a lock of hair above the forehead;
H 14 cm, base 11.5 x 8 cm (oval); signed in cobalt in glaze: N under the five-ball crown.
Italy? (Doccia?), 19th/20th century. - 20th century.
On an oval flat base with an ornament of small semicircles and dots, a nude putto with blue drapery around its hips, standing by a silver anvil resting on a tree trunk It lays a golden arrow on the anvil, intending to strike it with a hammer held in an upraised hand; a ready arrow lies at the foot of the trunk. The stylistics and colors of the composition point to Italy, with references to iconography in Meissen art.
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