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THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, THE ORMOLU AND TÔLE PEINTE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A MEISSEN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIGURE OF A BEGGAR MUSICIAN
The porcelain circa 1745, the ormolu and tôle peinte late 19th/early 20th Century
Modelled by J.J. Kändler as a seated beggar playing the hurdy-gurdy, in black hat, grey jacket and brown trousers in tatters, on a circular mound base, before a tôle peinte tree with French porcelain flowers, on a scroll base (restoration to beggar's fingers of left hand, left leg and right ankle, some minor chipping and flaking, chipping to flowers)
9½ in. (24 cm.) high overall
The porcelain circa 1745, the ormolu and tôle peinte late 19th/early 20th Century
Modelled by J.J. Kändler as a seated beggar playing the hurdy-gurdy, in black hat, grey jacket and brown trousers in tatters, on a circular mound base, before a tôle peinte tree with French porcelain flowers, on a scroll base (restoration to beggar's fingers of left hand, left leg and right ankle, some minor chipping and flaking, chipping to flowers)
9½ in. (24 cm.) high overall
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