Live Auction 14963THE COLLECTOR: English and European Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramics & Silver
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BENEDICTINE NUN
Lot 770 The West Collection

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BENEDICTINE NUN

CIRCA 1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed18 October 2017

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BENEDICTINE NUN
CIRCA 1741, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Wearing a white habit enriched with gilt sprigs, her hands clasped in prayer, standing on a molded square base
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a similar example and the Taxa record, see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pp. 180-181, no. 975 and pl. 237.