A PAIR MEISSEN FIGURES OF VEGETABLE-SELLERS modelled by J.J. Kändler, he in a green hat, flowered jacket, white trousers and yellow shoes, she in a black bonnet, white bodice and skirt with an iron-red hem and flowered apron, holding two-handled baskets of vegetables on their laps, seated on rockwork mound bases applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to brim of his hat and her hands and arms up to sleeves, chip to his base, some chips to vegetables, flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords marks, circa 1745
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A PAIR MEISSEN FIGURES OF VEGETABLE-SELLERS modelled by J.J. Kändler, he in a green hat, flowered jacket, white trousers and yellow shoes, she in a black bonnet, white bodice and skirt with an iron-red hem and flowered apron, holding two-handled baskets of vegetables on their laps, seated on rockwork mound bases applied with flowers and foliage (restoration to brim of his hat and her hands and arms up to sleeves, chip to his base, some chips to vegetables, flowers and leaves), blue crossed swords marks, circa 1745
20cm. and 19cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Hermann Jedding, op. cit., p. 214, nos. 228/9 for a similar pair without vegetables in their baskets