Lot Essay
See Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775 The Kaendler Years, Atglen, 2001, p. 13, No. 5, for the figure and No. 6 for the engraving.
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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER, AFTER DRAWINGS BY EDME BOUCHARDON, ENGRAVED BY THE COMTE DE CAYLUS
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PROVENCAL FIFE AND DRUM PLAYER FROM THE PARIS TRADER SERIES
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER, AFTER DRAWINGS BY EDME BOUCHARDON, ENGRAVED BY THE COMTE DE CAYLUS
Wearing a black tricorn hat, white coat with gold buttons and turquoise breeches, holding a pipe to his lips with his left hand, his right hand beating on a drum suspended from a leather sash across his chest
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.)
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER, AFTER DRAWINGS BY EDME BOUCHARDON, ENGRAVED BY THE COMTE DE CAYLUS
Wearing a black tricorn hat, white coat with gold buttons and turquoise breeches, holding a pipe to his lips with his left hand, his right hand beating on a drum suspended from a leather sash across his chest
7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.)