Lot Essay
Kändler's Taxa of 1740-44 notes '1. Gärtner Figure mit einem Fuβe auff einem Kϋrbβe ruhend, mit beiden Händen aber einen Korb haltend, Bluhmen drein zu sezen' and '1. Weibsbild mit der Weinbutte auffm Rϋcken, darein Bluhmen zu sezen.'
Other pairs of these figures were sold in these Rooms on 30 November 1970, lots 100-101 from the A.C.J. Wall Collection, and on 17 October 1977, lot 166. A further pair are illustrated in Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. 438-439, nos. 320-321.
Other pairs of these figures were sold in these Rooms on 30 November 1970, lots 100-101 from the A.C.J. Wall Collection, and on 17 October 1977, lot 166. A further pair are illustrated in Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. 438-439, nos. 320-321.