Lot Essay
Cf. Kurt Röder and Michel Oppenheim, Das Höchster Porzellan (Mainz 1930) pl. 65, no. 350 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1765, BLUE WHEEL MARK, INCISED LINES TO BASE
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A Höchst figure emblematic of summer
Circa 1765, blue wheel mark, incised lines to base
Modelled by J.P. Melchior, pulling at her head-scarf with her left hand, her right arm out-stretched holding a bunch of asparagus, a pale green apron with blue dots tied about her waist over a puce striped skirt, standing barefoot on a shaped circular grassy rockwork mound base (slight wear to enamels at edge of base)
61/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
Circa 1765, blue wheel mark, incised lines to base
Modelled by J.P. Melchior, pulling at her head-scarf with her left hand, her right arm out-stretched holding a bunch of asparagus, a pale green apron with blue dots tied about her waist over a puce striped skirt, standing barefoot on a shaped circular grassy rockwork mound base (slight wear to enamels at edge of base)
61/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
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