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Modeled as the three Fates atop a rocky base, attended by a putto, winged Cronos taking the scissors from Atropos
1412 in. (36.8 cm.) high
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This model was originally executed in 1774 as part of a large order for Catherine the Great. For an example in the exhibition Meissen für die Zaren and in the holdings of the Staatliches Museum, Lomonossow, see U. Pietsch, Meissen für die Zaren, Munich, 2004, p. 115, no. 174. Also compare Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China: An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 64 and 66, fig. 148.

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