Lot Essay
A similar example was sold in these Rooms on 11th December 2000, lot 458. For the original drawing, still at Dresden, see Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (London, 1987), p.117.
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CIRCA 1757, IMPRESSED 13
Details
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A FISH-SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE PARIS' SERIES
CIRCA 1757, IMPRESSED 13
Modelled by P. Reinicke after a design by Christophe Hüet, standing with her arms akimbo, a wicker tray slung at her waist with three fish and holding a basket in her right hand, in white bonnet, scarf and apron, purple jacket, yellow skirt and black clogs, on a scroll-moulded mound base applied with foliage (restoration to basket and tail of one fish)
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1757, IMPRESSED 13
Modelled by P. Reinicke after a design by Christophe Hüet, standing with her arms akimbo, a wicker tray slung at her waist with three fish and holding a basket in her right hand, in white bonnet, scarf and apron, purple jacket, yellow skirt and black clogs, on a scroll-moulded mound base applied with foliage (restoration to basket and tail of one fish)
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high
Special notice
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