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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRUNKEN FISHERMAN
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRUNKEN FISHERMAN

CIRCA 1738, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Fermé28 November 2012

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRUNKEN FISHERMAN
CIRCA 1738, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, the inebriated man leaning barefoot against a treestump, holding a fish in each hand, his white shirt open and bulging with fish, wearing a green cap, yellow-lined red jacket and pale-brown trousers rolled-up to the the knee, on a rocky mound base (right edge of jacket chipped, fish in right hand lacking tail)
6 7/8 in. (17.3 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

Kändler's work notes of December 1738 record '1 Fischer mit aufgewickelten Bein Kleidern, die Fische so er gefangen, trägt er theils in seinem Busen, Schubsacken und Händen, auf dem Rücken hat er einen Kober, worinnen Krebsse, welches alles zu sehen, und neben sich hat er ein Fischreisser liegen'. For a similar example, see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pl. 224, no. 917, and the example sold in these Rooms on 12 October 1995, lot 24 together with his companion. See also Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Augsburg, 1997, pp. 65 & 150, cat. no. 76 for a variation of the present model.