A large Meissen group of Amphitrite's triumphal procession, late 19th centuryA large Meissen group of Amphitrite's triumphal procession, late 19th centuryAfter the model by J.J. Kaendler of 1772, in four sections, depicting the sea goddess Amphitrite seated in triumph in her chariot pulled by dolphins, holding a sceptre and attended by cupids with coral and a wreath overhead and further nereids and tritons, all on dense waves applied with shells and a tortoise on a lobed base with moulded classical borders, 58cm across base; 51cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, one section of base and Amphitrite group incised 'No. 2' and with impressed numerals (restored, section with mermaid holding coral a made-up replacement, the sceptre a replacement)) (4)Modelled by Kaendler in November 1772 as part of the "Great Russian Order" intended for the decoration of a cabinet in the Pavilion near the Bobsleigh Hills in the park of Oranienbaum Palace; Amphitrite was intended to allude to Catherine the Great. See U. Pietsch, Meissen for the Czars (2004), pp. 103-125, for a discussion of the gift to Catherine the Great.