Lot Essay
For a similar pair, see Property from the Collection of Walter J. Johnson, Christie's, New York, 23 May 1997, lot 166
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF ROBERT L. AND ELISE F. BURWELL
A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A FISHERMAN AND COMPANION
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AT BACKS, PROBABLY MODELLED BY J.F. EBERLEIN
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF A FISHERMAN AND COMPANION
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AT BACKS, PROBABLY MODELLED BY J.F. EBERLEIN
Each standing before a tree-stump, the fisherman in contra-posto, a basket of fish balanced against his right hip, a net at his back, wearing brimmed hat, tunic, breeches and sandals, his companion holding a fish in her right hand, a net in her left, a basket of fish at her feet, wearing a loose tunic over striped apron and skirt, on rocaille-moulded base enriched in gilt and applied with leaves and flowers
5½ in. (4.8 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AT BACKS, PROBABLY MODELLED BY J.F. EBERLEIN
Each standing before a tree-stump, the fisherman in contra-posto, a basket of fish balanced against his right hip, a net at his back, wearing brimmed hat, tunic, breeches and sandals, his companion holding a fish in her right hand, a net in her left, a basket of fish at her feet, wearing a loose tunic over striped apron and skirt, on rocaille-moulded base enriched in gilt and applied with leaves and flowers
5½ in. (4.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
with Ernst Joresco, Chicago, 27 May 1967