A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF DUELISTS
A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF DUELISTS

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO THE BACKS, MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF DUELISTS
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords marks to the backs, modelled by J.J. Kändler
Each modelled as an adversary standing before a tree stump on rocaille moulded base applied with flowerheads posed to withdraw his sword from its scabbard, one wearing a black tricorn hat, a turquoise jacket, a purple vest and pale yellow breeches, the other wearing a black tricorn hat, a pale brown jacket, an iron-red vest and pale yellow breeches
77/8in. (20cm.) high, on waisted bronze socle bases (2)
来源
R. Spencer C. Copelan Collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1996, lot 168

拍品专文

See the C.H. Fischer Collection, sale catalogue, Cologne, 1906, lots 205 and 206 for a similar pair; also Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, color plate IX.