Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. & MRS. BLOCH-BAUER, SOLD ON BEHALF OF THEIR DAUGHTER
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF AN OPERA SINGER AND A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF A MUSHROOM SELLER
THE FIRST CIRCA 1650, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS,; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SHIELD MARK, INCISED 50.
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF AN OPERA SINGER AND A NYMPHENBURG FIGURE OF A MUSHROOM SELLER
The first circa 1650, faint blue crossed swords,; the second 19th century, impressed shield mark, incised 50.
He wearing a flowered gold vest and gilt white suite, his right hand on his hip, his left holding his score, standing before s tree stump on a mound base moulded and enriched in gilt with scrolls and applied with flowerheads, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high; she walking with a basket of mushrooms on her hack and over her left arm, holding out a single mushroom in her right hand, 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high (2)
The first circa 1650, faint blue crossed swords,; the second 19th century, impressed shield mark, incised 50.
He wearing a flowered gold vest and gilt white suite, his right hand on his hip, his left holding his score, standing before s tree stump on a mound base moulded and enriched in gilt with scrolls and applied with flowerheads, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high; she walking with a basket of mushrooms on her hack and over her left arm, holding out a single mushroom in her right hand, 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high (2)