CIRCA 1765, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK TO SIDE, AFTER THE MODEL BY F.A. BUSTELLI

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A NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN WHITE-GLAZED KNEELING FIGURE
CIRCA 1765, IMPRESSED BAVARIAN SHIELD MARK TO SIDE, AFTER THE MODEL BY F.A. BUSTELLI
The pig-tailed and robed figure prostrate and making obeisance
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide

Provenance

Sir Bernard Eckstein Collection, Sotheby's, London, 30-31 May 1949, lot 197 (to Lycett Green).
The Property of the Gascoyne Trust, sale; Christie’s, London, 5 December 1983, lot 104.
With Robert Williams, England, 19 March, 1984.

Literature

K. Hantschmann, A. Ziffer et al., Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko, Munich, 2004, p. 462, where it is cited in the note for no. 121.

Lot Essay

Although Bustelli is more commonly associated with his series of the Commedia dell'Arte, his preference for modeling in wood is especially notable in his series of Chinese figures, highlighting the manner in which surfaces are delicately rendered through a series of planes. A similar example in the white is illustrated by K. Hantschmann, A. Ziffer et al., ibid., 2004, p. 462, no. 121, on p. 245 and with the other related Chinese figures on p. 243.

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