A ZÜRICH SMALL FIGURE OF A SONG-SELLER, in a black tricorn hat, green coat, white waistcoat and red breeches, a black pouch at his waist, a bundle of poles slung over his back and an oval box under his left arm, standing before a tree-stump on a circular green and brown mound base (end of one pole lacking), circa 1770 | Christie's

Lot 13

A ZÜRICH SMALL FIGURE OF A SONG-SELLER, in a black tricorn hat, green coat, white waistcoat and red breeches, a black pouch at his waist, a bundle of poles slung over his back and an oval box under his left arm, standing before a tree-stump on a circular green and brown mound base (end of one pole lacking), circa 1770

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A ZÜRICH SMALL FIGURE OF A SONG-SELLER, in a black tricorn hat, green coat, white waistcoat and red breeches, a black pouch at his waist, a bundle of poles slung over his back and an oval box under his left arm, standing before a tree-stump on a circular green and brown mound base (end of one pole lacking), circa 1770
9.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. Seigfried Ducret, op. cit., vol. II, p. 97, no. 155. The original mould described this figure as 'Marchand de Chanson'

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