On a naturalistically designed base, two Nereids are depicted with the help of a putto pulling a small Triton caught in the waves. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Possibly by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Carl Christoph Punct, and Johann Carl Schoenheit. Model number C 35. Restored; crossed swords mark. Height 30 cm. See P. von Spee, "Classical Porcelain Sculpture of the Meissen Manufactory" (dissertation), Bonn, 2004, catalog number 71, page 276. Provenance: From the estate of a significant North German private collection. A porcelain figure group of the "Capture of Tritons." Restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. End of the 19th century.