A Meissen figure of a Russian peasant from the Cris de St. Petersburg Series
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A Meissen figure of a Russian peasant from the Cris de St. Petersburg Series

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT SIDE AND PRESSNUMMER 150 TO BASE

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A Meissen figure of a Russian peasant from the Cris de St. Petersburg Series
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords mark at side and Pressnummer 150 to base
Modelled by P. Reinicke, in pale-yellow cap and sash and pale-brown coat, holding a staff with a jug in his right hand, supported by a tree-stump on an oval mound base applied with a flower and foliage (chips to hat, back of coat and foliage, restoration to his left hand, staff and right thumb, slight graze to his nose)
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This figure is derived after a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a pupil of Boucher. At great personal risk, Le Prince travelled to Russia and made a series of drawings which he later etched. These etchings formed the basis of the Cris de St. Petersburg Series. See the similar model sold in these Rooms on 7th July 1997, lot 392.

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