EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCISED MODEL NUMBER Q.180, IMPRESSED 6, PAINTED 66., AFTER A MODEL BY W. SCHOTT

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A 'PLAYER AT BOWLS'
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCISED MODEL NUMBER Q.180, IMPRESSED 6, PAINTED 66., AFTER A MODEL BY W. SCHOTT
Modelled standing in a lavender Grecian dress with one bare breast, holding her drapery behind her back with her left hand, her right arm extended, preparing to throw a golden ball
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This figure is based on a model by Walther Schott of Berlin that was purchased by the factory at the 1897 Dresden art exhibition. For a further discussion and illustration, see Berling, op. cit., pp. 100-101, fig. 266. Also cf. Röntgen, p. 159, fig. 151.

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