Lot 114
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAP-SELLER FROM A SERIES OF PARISIAN STREET-TRADERS
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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAP-SELLER FROM A SERIES OF PARISIAN STREET-TRADERS

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A MAP-SELLER FROM A SERIES OF PARISIAN STREET-TRADERS
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK
Modelled by P. Reinicke, walking forward before a tree-stump, holding an unfurled map of Italy in his right hand and a tied scroll in his left, carrying a trunk and a black package on his back, wearing a black wide-brimmed hat, green coat, brown waistcoat, black breeches and shoes, on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage (brim of hat restored, right arm, hem of coat and lower corner of map restored, green enamel on coat retouched, minor chipping to applied leaves and bows on shoes)
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
Literature
Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 108, pl. XXX.
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Lot Essay

Kändler, assisted by Eberlein, modelled a series of Parisian street- traders which pre-dated the Cris de Paris series and the two others made of London and St. Petersburg street-traders. The figures were modelled after the engravings by the Comte de Caylus after the original drawings by Edmé Bouchardon. Kändler followed the engravings closely and the figures still retain much of the feel of Bouchardon's original drawings, while bringing them to life in three-dimensions. For the engraving by the Comte de Caylus which this figure is based on, see Len and Yvonne Adams, ibid., London, 1987, p. 93.

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