Janus-Figur, Meissen, 18th century, Janus, design Johann Joachim Kaendler and co-worker in 1747, god of Greek mythology, the Roman god of the beginning and the end, the entrances and exits, the Janus head symbolizes the present as an intersection of the past and the future, according to him the month of January is named, polychrome painted and gold-plated, damaged, his attributes key and staff are missing, his double face on the reverse, the laurel-crowned nymph Carna in a white robe, h. 13 cm, Lit .: Bergmann, Meissen Figuren 1-3000, Volume III, p. 558