A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING PEASANT modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, in black hat, puce-lined brown jacket, yellow waistcoat, white trousers and black shoes, his left leg raised in dancing pose and standing before a tree-stump on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (left arm restored at shoulder, restoration to two fingers on his right hand, minor chips to flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords mark at back, circa 1745, the decoration later

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING PEASANT modelled by J.J. Kändler and P. Reinicke, in black hat, puce-lined brown jacket, yellow waistcoat, white trousers and black shoes, his left leg raised in dancing pose and standing before a tree-stump on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (left arm restored at shoulder, restoration to two fingers on his right hand, minor chips to flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords mark at back, circa 1745, the decoration later
19.5cm. high
Exhibited
Schonheit des 18 Jahrhunderts, Kunsthaus, Zürich, 1955

Lot Essay

Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit., no. 955 and Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts, p. 78, no. 120

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