Lot Essay
See R. Rückert, Meissner Porzellan (Munich, 1966), no. 921, pl 225 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
Details
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A 'NODDING' CHINESE BOY
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with an articulated nodding head wearing a naturally modelled leaf hat, his shoulders draped with a gilt-edged turquoise cape, his flowing robes with indianische Blumen open to reveal his paunch, with yellow shoes and his right foot raised, on a square mound base applied with flowers and foliage (some minute chipping and restoration to hat, neck aperture, flowers and foliage)
9 in. (23 cm.) high overall
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK OF BASE
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with an articulated nodding head wearing a naturally modelled leaf hat, his shoulders draped with a gilt-edged turquoise cape, his flowing robes with indianische Blumen open to reveal his paunch, with yellow shoes and his right foot raised, on a square mound base applied with flowers and foliage (some minute chipping and restoration to hat, neck aperture, flowers and foliage)
9 in. (23 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Pauls Eisenbeiss Collection, Reihen
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 30th April 1975, lot 122
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 11th May 1981, lot 114.
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 30th April 1975, lot 122
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 11th May 1981, lot 114.
Exhibited
Musée Ariana, Geneva, 1999.
Special notice
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