A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A BLACKAMOOR after the model by J.J. Kändler, in a yellow and white turban, red jacket with gilt buttons, yellow sash, blue skirt, red stockings and long yellow boots, in a contra-posto stance, turned to his left with a full teabowl and saucer on a tazza in his right hand and standing on a rocky mound base applied with flowers and leaves (minor chips to flowers and leaves), circa 1740

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A BLACKAMOOR after the model by J.J. Kändler, in a yellow and white turban, red jacket with gilt buttons, yellow sash, blue skirt, red stockings and long yellow boots, in a contra-posto stance, turned to his left with a full teabowl and saucer on a tazza in his right hand and standing on a rocky mound base applied with flowers and leaves (minor chips to flowers and leaves), circa 1740
13.5cm. high

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This figure often appears as part of the group of a lady with a cavalier, modelled in 1737, where he stands to her right, for examples of this group see Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, vol. I, pp. 194-197 and Stefan Bursche, Meissen Steinzeug und Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, pp. 293-297

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