A Meissen figure of a fish vendor from the Cris de Paris series
A Meissen figure of a fish vendor from the Cris de Paris series

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK

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A Meissen figure of a fish vendor from the Cris de Paris series
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by J.J. Kndler and P. Reinicke after the original drawings by Christophe Huet, wearing a white scarf, lilac bodice and yellow skirt, holding fish in her white apron, standing before a rock on a shaped circular mound base applied with foliage (extensive restoration)
5 in. (14 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, op. cit. (1987), p. 136.

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