Lot Essay
Cf. K. Berling, Meissen China (New York 1972), p.55 ill.5
See illustration
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CIRCA 1765, MARKED WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS
Details
A Meissen figure of a musician shepherdess
Circa 1765, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords
Modelled by Carl Christoph Punct, gilt and painted in colours, she leans against a tree stump and lifts her right foot, playing the tambourine, wearing a flowered dress and flowing yellow skirt, a recumbent lamb at her feet, on shaped rocaille base encrusted with flowers (chips to extremities)
21.5cm high
Circa 1765, marked with underglaze blue crossed swords
Modelled by Carl Christoph Punct, gilt and painted in colours, she leans against a tree stump and lifts her right foot, playing the tambourine, wearing a flowered dress and flowing yellow skirt, a recumbent lamb at her feet, on shaped rocaille base encrusted with flowers (chips to extremities)
21.5cm high
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