CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE'
CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Seated at a table writing in an account book, with a snuff-box in her left hand and provisions to her feet including a basket of wine bottles
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Kändler modeled the 'Prudent wife' circa 1757-58 and was inspired by the engraving L'oeconome after a painting by Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779). An identical model is illustrated and discussed in A. Gräfin von Wallwitz, Celebrating Käendler, Munich, 2006, cat. 28.

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