Lot Essay
See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 176 for a similar example and Boucher's engraving which Reinicke used as a source for the group.
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CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN GROUP OF AN ORIENTAL COUPLE SEATED IN AN ARBOUR
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by P. Reinicke after an engraving of a drawing by François Boucher, the figures in traditional dress, he seated on a chair with his arm over her shoulder and giving her a book, she seated on a stool, before a pierced rococo scroll arbour entwined with flowering plants, the mound base applied with flowers and foliage (tips of fingers of her left hand lacking, slight chipping to tips of left shoes, minor chipping to flowers and foliage)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by P. Reinicke after an engraving of a drawing by François Boucher, the figures in traditional dress, he seated on a chair with his arm over her shoulder and giving her a book, she seated on a stool, before a pierced rococo scroll arbour entwined with flowering plants, the mound base applied with flowers and foliage (tips of fingers of her left hand lacking, slight chipping to tips of left shoes, minor chipping to flowers and foliage)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the Collection of The Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides, and thence by descent.
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The Provenance for this lot should read:
Formerly in the Collection of The Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides, and thence by descent.
Formerly in the Collection of The Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides, and thence by descent.
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Mary O'Connell
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