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See Yvonne Adams, Meissen Figures 1730-1775 The Kaendler Years, Atglen, 2001, p. 161, No. 436 for a variation on this model.
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1740-1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE UNDERSIDE, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DRUNKEN PEASANT FISHERMAN
1740-1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE UNDERSIDE, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER
The inebriated man wearing pink-brimmed yellow-hat, blue jacket and fawn trousers rolled to the thigh, holding fish in both hands, a fishing line strung across his shoulders, standing before a tree-stump on mound base applied with floewrs
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high
1740-1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE UNDERSIDE, MODELLED BY JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER
The inebriated man wearing pink-brimmed yellow-hat, blue jacket and fawn trousers rolled to the thigh, holding fish in both hands, a fishing line strung across his shoulders, standing before a tree-stump on mound base applied with floewrs
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high