Bidspirit auction | Hercules and Omphale on a

Hercules and Omphale on a pedest - Hercules and Omphale on a pedestal, KPM Berlin, mark after 1870, 1st choice, red imperial orb mark, designed by Friedrich Elias Meyer the Elder (1723–1785), Model No. 721, a pair arranged on a natural base: the standing Omphale—adorned with Hercules’ lion skin—and the seated Hercules, who embraces Omphale with his right hand holding a spinning wheel; behind Omphale stands a cupid boy carrying Hercules’ club, polychromed, gilded, repaired and restored several times, height 33 cm, on a round pedestal, model no. 718, total height 49 cm