CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A MEISSEN GROUP OF THE 'FRENCH DOCTOR'
CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with a kneeling gallant kissing the hand of a standing lady, Cupid seated to her left and disguised as a doctor beside a table piled with potions and books, gallant's left foreleg partially lacking, restoration to one feather in quiver, minor chipping to extremities, slight wear to gilding
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This group is recorded in Kändler's Taxa of 1765 and may have been inspired by Molière's comedy 'Le Docteur Amoureux'. For a similar group see Ulrich Pietsch, Meissener Porzellanplastik, Munich, 2006, p. 86, cat. no. 122. There is a similar group illustrated in the Catalogue of the Collection of Dresden Porcelain, formed by S.B. Joel, Esq., to Gt. Stanhope Street, London, W., Vol. II, circa 1900 or later, compiled by Frank Partridge, pp. 127-128.

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