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THE PROPERTY OF CANADIAN COLLECTORS
A MEISSEN FIGURE EMBLEMATIC OF TOUCH
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK
Details
A MEISSEN FIGURE EMBLEMATIC OF TOUCH
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK
Modeled as a scantily clad maiden, a bird resting on her hand and pecking at her breast, accompanied by an open-mouthed hound biting her foot and two putti wrestling, on a rocaille-molded base applied with a lobster pinching a hand, raised on four scroll feet
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE BACK
Modeled as a scantily clad maiden, a bird resting on her hand and pecking at her breast, accompanied by an open-mouthed hound biting her foot and two putti wrestling, on a rocaille-molded base applied with a lobster pinching a hand, raised on four scroll feet
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 October 1988, lot 405.