Lot Essay
Cf. L. & Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (London 1987), p. 170
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1748-1750, MARKED TO THE BACK WITH SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS
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A Meissen white figure of a Greek Musician
1748-1750, marked to the back with small underglaze blue crossed swords
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, inspired by an engraving after Antoine Watteau, the young man wearing; wide breeches, a waistcoat, a jacket and a hat, holding a mandolin in his hands, standing on a square brick plinth in front of rockwork (two fingers and the upper part of the mandolin chipped)
20.6cm. high
See illustration
1748-1750, marked to the back with small underglaze blue crossed swords
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, inspired by an engraving after Antoine Watteau, the young man wearing; wide breeches, a waistcoat, a jacket and a hat, holding a mandolin in his hands, standing on a square brick plinth in front of rockwork (two fingers and the upper part of the mandolin chipped)
20.6cm. high
See illustration
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