Lot Essay
See Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775, The Kaendler Years, Atglen, 2001, p. 21, Nos. 27 and 28 for a similar figure and the drawing by Huet entitled Le Tambourin.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A BOY PLAYING PIPE AND TABOR FROM THE CRIS DE PARIS SERIES
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AT THE BACK, MODELED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER AND PETER REINICKE, AFTER DRAWINGS BY CHRISTOPHE HUET
Details
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A BOY PLAYING PIPE AND TABOR FROM THE CRIS DE PARIS SERIES
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords at the back, modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler and Peter Reinicke, after drawings by Christophe Huet
In lavender, turquoise jacket, puce breeches and yellow shoes with puce bows, modelled walking before a tree-stump, playing a pipe held in his left hand and beating a drum hung at his left hip, on a gilt-enriched rocaille-moulded base applied with flowers
5 7/8in. (15cm.) high
Circa 1755, blue crossed swords at the back, modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler and Peter Reinicke, after drawings by Christophe Huet
In lavender, turquoise jacket, puce breeches and yellow shoes with puce bows, modelled walking before a tree-stump, playing a pipe held in his left hand and beating a drum hung at his left hip, on a gilt-enriched rocaille-moulded base applied with flowers
5 7/8in. (15cm.) high