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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE
Lot 54

A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE

CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK

Fermé2 December 2015

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GBP 3,250

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE
CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, seated at a table writing in an account book, another resting on her lap, a snuff-box in her left hand, a desk-set with writing implements, a bell and scissors on the table, at her feet a wicker basket filled with bottles and various tied packages under the table, on a scroll-moulded mound base enriched in gilding (head broken off and restored through neck, back of chair restored, right hand and basket handle restuck, minor chips)
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

This figure is derived from an engraving entitled 'L'Oeconome' by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), published in 1754 and after a 1747 painting by Chardin. See Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, London, 1972, Vol. I, p. 98 for a similar figure and details of comparable examples. Another example of this model was sold in these Rooms on 27 November 2012, lot 124.