CIRCA 1752, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Details

A MEISSEN BUST OF PRINCE CHARLES LOUIS DE BOURBON
CIRCA 1752, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, quarter length without arms, his head turned slightly to the left, wearing a yellow-ground bonnet with gilt braiding and puce-edged blue scrolling foliage and flowers, tied under his chin with a black ribbon, the right side with a bouquet of flowers and two feathers tied with a black rosette, the cords of his white blouse loose over the yellow-lined puce diaper jacket and turquoise robe, on a gilt foliage scroll-moulded quatrefoil socle base (slight chipping to extremities, some areas of restoration to plume, areas of minute wear)
9 7/8 in. (25.2 cm.) high

Provenance

With Penizek, from whom it was acquired in 1969.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For an extensive discussion of this model and the subject, see Erica Pauls Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (1972), pp. 164-169, and the example sold in these Rooms on 28th March 1977, lot 135.

More from AN IMPORTANT SWISS COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN PORCELAIN

View All