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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
Lot 769The West Collection

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING

CIRCA 1745, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN

Fermé18 October 2017

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
CIRCA 1745, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN
Seated on a rocky mound reading from the Bible, the open page inscribed 'Der 65 Psalm/ vers 2/ Gott man lobet/ dich in der Stille/ zu Zion und dir/ bezahlet man/ Gelübte', together with a modern marble stand
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, overall

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2005, lot 24.

Note du spécialiste

For another of this rare model in the Bavarian National Museum, its book with the same inscription, and for Kändler's and Eberlein's Taxa records see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, p. 181, no. 976 and pl. 976.