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German Porcelain Plaque Depicting Poesie Signed Wagner.
Lot: 124
Dresden, Germany.
Circa 1890.
The rounded rectangular plaque painted in polychrome enamels with a young woman, facing sinister, her long auburn hair decorated with a semi-wreath of lily of the valley, a Grecian-style translucent robe just covering her left nipple, and over her right shoulder.
Signed, to the lower left corner Wagner underlined. The back impressed 107 and MP in a roundel, also in iron-red enamel Poesie. and 107.
4 W. x 5 7/8 H. the plaque. Mounted on pink suede and under glass in a wood frame. 9 x 10 3/4.
Light scratches toward the top edge, probably due to framing.