CIRCA 1750, MARKED WITH SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE BACK

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A Meissen group of a beggarwoman and children
Circa 1750, marked with small underglaze blue crossed swords to the back
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler after a French engraving of 1739 la paysanne Savoyarde, painted in colours, modelled as a standing woman wearing; a black scarf, yellow blouse and lilac skirt outlined with fur, holding a cradle containing a baby, a young boy beside her holding her hand, wearing a green and yellow Turkish coat outlined with fur, a stick in his right hand, the oval base applied with flower branches
23.5cm. high
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Lot Essay

Cf. G. Ehret, Porzellan (München 1979), p.58 ill.24
L. & Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (London 1987), p.102

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