Neptune as an allegory of water from the "Four Elements" series. Neptune riding on a hippocampus, grasping a trident with both hands. Polychrome painting. Designed by Friedrich Elias Meyer, around 1752. Centreboard mark. H. 15 cm. Cf. Berling, Festschrift, pp. 45-46. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II. A porcelain figure of Neptune riding on a hippocampus as an allegory of water from the series of four elements. Restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1755.