Lot 243
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAP SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE PARIS' SERIES

CIRCA 1748, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELLED BY J.J. KNDLER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAP SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE PARIS' SERIES
Circa 1748, faint blue crossed swords mark, modelled by J.J. Kndler
In turquoise hat, brown coat, iron-red flowered waistcoat and fawn breeches, carrying a map box on his back, an unfurled map of the World and a parcel in his hands before a tree-stump, on mound base applied with yellow flowers
6in. (16.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

The painter of the map of this example displays an idiosyncratic view of world geography, with America curiously situated to the southeast of Africa and Asia. See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portriat Figures, London, 1987, p. 108, fig. XXX for a similar tradesman displaying a map of Italy and based on the original drawing by Bouchardon.