Lot 60
60
A MEISSEN KNIGHT FROM A CHESS-SET formed as a horses head on a baluster base and octafoil foot moulded with rococo scrolls and painted with flowers in puce enriched in gilding (the stem restuck), blue crossed swords mark under the base, circa 1750

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A MEISSEN KNIGHT FROM A CHESS-SET formed as a horses head on a baluster base and octafoil foot moulded with rococo scrolls and painted with flowers in puce enriched in gilding (the stem restuck), blue crossed swords mark under the base, circa 1750
6.7cm. high

Lot Essay

This is identical in form to the pieces in the chess-set in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Münich, illustrated by Rückert (1966), fig. 798

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