Lot Essay
Cf. S. Ducret, Die Züricher Porzellanmanufaktur (Zürich, 1958), Vol. II, p. 207, pl. 359 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1780
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A ZÜRICH (SOFT PASTE) GROUP OF THREE MUSICIANS
CIRCA 1780
Modelled by V. Sonnenschein with a flautist, violinist and a seated mandolin player, the flautist in a violet-lined pale-apricot coat and breeches, the violinist in a black tricorn hat, pale-blue coat and buff-coloured waistcoat and breeches, the mandolin player in a pink bodice and skirt with a white apron, before marbled balustrading on a stepped square plinth base (restoration to flautist's hands, violinist's right hand, arm, violin and bow, his left hand broken at wrist and probably a porcelain replacement, minor chipping to extremities)
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1780
Modelled by V. Sonnenschein with a flautist, violinist and a seated mandolin player, the flautist in a violet-lined pale-apricot coat and breeches, the violinist in a black tricorn hat, pale-blue coat and buff-coloured waistcoat and breeches, the mandolin player in a pink bodice and skirt with a white apron, before marbled balustrading on a stepped square plinth base (restoration to flautist's hands, violinist's right hand, arm, violin and bow, his left hand broken at wrist and probably a porcelain replacement, minor chipping to extremities)
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
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