A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PUTTO DISGUISED AS SCAPIN after the model by J.J. Kändler in dancing pose his arms outstretched in black snood, cape and jacket with white collar and cuffs, black breeches and shoes supported by a tree-stump on a circular scroll-moulded base enriched with gilding and applied with flowers (hands restored replacements, some restoration to clothing and through knees), blue crossed swords mark at back, circa 1755

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PUTTO DISGUISED AS SCAPIN after the model by J.J. Kändler in dancing pose his arms outstretched in black snood, cape and jacket with white collar and cuffs, black breeches and shoes supported by a tree-stump on a circular scroll-moulded base enriched with gilding and applied with flowers (hands restored replacements, some restoration to clothing and through knees), blue crossed swords mark at back, circa 1755
11.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. the example sold Christie's Geneva, 14 May 1990, lot 46; Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, vol. I, pp. 316-7

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