Lot Essay
The inspiration for this figure was J.P. Le Bas's engraving 'L'Économe', which was published in 1754 and which was after a painting by Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 319 - 329)
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE'
CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF 'THE GOOD HOUSEWIFE'
CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler seated at a table keeping her accounts, with a snuff-box in her left hand, baskets of bottles and provisions at her feet
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1757-58, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler seated at a table keeping her accounts, with a snuff-box in her left hand, baskets of bottles and provisions at her feet
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Comte Alberic du Chastel de la Howarderie; Christie's, London, 11 October 1976, lot 111.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 2012, lot 124.
With Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 2012, lot 124.
With Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz, Munich.
Literature
Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz, Celebrating Kaendler, Munich, 2006, cat. 28.
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