A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PEASANT WOODCUTTER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PEASANT WOODCUTTER
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT THE BACK AND PUCE TRIANGLE UNDER THE BASE, MODELLED BY J.J. KAENDLER
Shown splitting wood, an axe firmly embedded in a log beneath his left foot, wearing a black hat, white waistcoat with gold buttons, iron-red breeches and black shoes with yellow rosettes, a tree-stump supporting the figure, several logs at his feet, axe a restored replacement from his hands down, chips
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high

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Cf. Hans Syz, J. Jefferson Miller II and Rainer Rückert, Catalogue of The Hans Syz Collection, Washington, D.C., 1979, pp. 424 and 425; see also Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Meissen Porcelain in Colour, New York, 1979, p. 86 where a similar figure and its pair, originally modelled for the Brühlsche Conditorei in 1745 are illustrated.