Victoria Austria Artemis Diana Neoclassical Scene Dark Turquoise 9 1/2 Inch Bowl

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Victoria Austria Artemis Diana Neoclassical Scene Dark Turquoise 9 1/2 Inch Bowl
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Beautiful porcelain bowl decorated in the neoclassical / allegorical central scene of two women and cupid. The women both have quivers full of arrows and one of them has a crescent moon in her hair. I believe the women are Artemis (Diana in Roman mythology) and the nymph Daphne. The background of the bowl is ivory, with a turquoise band with ivory arrows. The bowl has a red Victoria crown Austria mark on the base. This is an overglaze decorating mark used by Schmidt & Company between 1094 and 1919. Very similar to some pieces by RS Prussia, the bowl could have been made by them and decorated by Schmidt & Co.
The bowl has a 1/8 inch in manufacture firing separation to the edge. There are two in manufacture glazed over cracks extending off the edge about 5/8 inch long. There is also a 2 1/4 inch  long post manufacture tight crack extending off the edge, but most of it is covered by the turquoise band and it is still a very pretty bowl.
Measures approximately 9 1/2 inches wide x 2 1/5 inches tall.
This is an antique and may have small in manufacture defects that do not effect the display of the piece.
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