A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING

CIRCA 1745, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A NUN READING
CIRCA 1745, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER AND J.F. EBERLEIN
Seated on a rocky mound reading from the Bible, the open page inscribed 'Der 65 Psalm/ vers 2/ Gott man lobet/ dich in der Stille/ zu Zion und dir/ bezahlet man/ Gelübte', together with a modern marble stand
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2005, lot 24.

Lot Essay

For another of this rare model in the Bavarian National Museum, its book with the same inscription, and for Kändler's and Eberlein's Taxa records see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, p. 181, no. 976 and pl. 976.

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