A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF ASIA

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK UNDER BASE, FROM A MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF ASIA
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK UNDER BASE, FROM A MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Wearing a gilt headdress adorned with pearls and feathers, wearing gilt-edged open vest, tunic and flowered skirt, seated on the back of a recumbent camel, a censer in her left hand, a scepter in her right, the oval mound base applied with flowers and leaves
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high

Provenance

with Ernst Joresco, Chicago

Lot Essay

A similar example was sold Christie's, New York, 24 May 2000, lot 10

Cf. Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775, The Kaendler Years, Atglen, PA, 2001, no. 491

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