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May 2008 Fine Art & Antiques Auction
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| 853. A KPM Porcelain Plaque Depcting Nydia, Signed "Wagner"
A fine KPM porcelain hand decorated plaque, signed at the right "Wagner", approx. 5-1/2" x 3-5/8" sight size, framed with a highly carved and gilt foliate frame, approx. 3"W, with rose color textured matting. The plaque is marked with the impressed mark on verso. Nydia was the legendary blind flower girl of Pompeii, from the Victorian novel "The Last Days of Pompeii" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1834. The original oil from which the composition was taken was painted by Cuno (Baron de) Bodenhausen. 5,000/7,000 back to catalog |
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