A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING PEASANT
Lot 66

A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING PEASANT

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 2,500

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING PEASANT
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
Modelled by P. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, wearing a cap with a frill, brown bodice and pale-yellow skirt, on a tree-stump base applied with flowers and foliage (left arm restored, base drilled, minor damages)
7¾ in. (19.8 cm.) high

Specialist note

A similar example in the Residenz, Ansbach, is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (Munich, 1966), pl. 232, no. 955.