Sold by Order of the Executors of
The Late SIR HENRY TATE Bt.
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A NUN modelled by J.E. Eberlein seated and reading her psalter, in white cowl with red star ornament and black and white habit on a marbled rockwork base (restoration to psalter, right hand and sleeve), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A NUN modelled by J.E. Eberlein seated and reading her psalter, in white cowl with red star ornament and black and white habit on a marbled rockwork base (restoration to psalter, right hand and sleeve), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745
13.5cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit., no. 976 for an example in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich