Lot 107
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A MEISSEN SEATED PAGODA FIGURE
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A MEISSEN SEATED PAGODA FIGURE

CIRCA 1725-28, THE 18TH CENTURY DECORATION PROBABLY SLIGHTLY LATER

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A MEISSEN SEATED PAGODA FIGURE
CIRCA 1725-28, THE 18TH CENTURY DECORATION PROBABLY SLIGHTLY LATER
Modelled with his arm resting on his raised right knee, his left leg tucked beneath him, his partially shaved head with a locks of black hair adorned by a purple feather, his smiling open mouthed wrinkled face naturally coloured, his puce-lined turquoise robe open at the front revealing his torso with a yellow sash (restoration to front fringes of hair and nose, slight wear to puce enamel, slight chipping to toes)
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

For an example with very similar decoration, see Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts in Hamburger Privatbesitz, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Exhibition Catalogue (Hamburg, 1982), pp. 46-48, no. 19.

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