This 2ft (60cm) wide Meissen figure group is one of a late 19th century pair on the theme of the sea after monumental models by Johann Joachim Kändler. This example depicts the triumph of the sea goddess Amphitrite modelled to surrounded by tritons, nereids, dolphins, turtles, shells and coral.
The other, with a similar base, shows Neptune and Thetis in a chariot led by hippocampi.