figure of minerva

Summary

Public: Figure of Minerva made of hard paste porcelain, female classical figure seated on throne, decorated in enamel colours. Private: Figure of Minerva, hard paste porcelain. Modelled as a female figure, wearing a plumed helmet, classical robes and sandals, holding a sceptre in her right hand and looking towards the right. She is seated on a high, canopied throne with rococo ornament and elaborate drapery, part of the throne back formed as an eagle's head. On rectangular base with bowed front, the upper part of which is incised with a grid pattern. Painted in mauve, green, yellow and iron red enamel colours, her robe decorated with stylized flowers (indianische Blumen), the details picked out in gilt.