Lot Essay
Cf. O. Walcha, Meissner Porzellan, Dresden, 1973, p.484 ill.117.
CIRCA 1760, WITH FAINT UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND PRESSNUMMER 25
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A Meissen porcelain figure of a boy disguised as a sultan
Circa 1760, with faint underglaze blue crossed swords and Pressnummer 25
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the standing young boy wearing: a turban, a lilac vest enhanced with Indianische Blumen, a fur-lined yellow cloak and blue trousers, holding a stick, on oval rocaille base
12.6 cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1760, with faint underglaze blue crossed swords and Pressnummer 25
Gilt and painted in colours, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the standing young boy wearing: a turban, a lilac vest enhanced with Indianische Blumen, a fur-lined yellow cloak and blue trousers, holding a stick, on oval rocaille base
12.6 cm. high
See illustration
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