拍品 216
216
A Meissen white figure of Saint Paul

CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK

细节
A Meissen white figure of Saint Paul
Circa 1770, blue crossed swords and dot mark
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, wearing a tunic and cloak, slightly turned to his left, his right arm raised and holding a sword in his left, standing barefoot on an oval base supported by a square plinth, the sides moulded with Greek key-pattern (thumb repaired and three fingers of his right hand lacking, chip to right hand side of drapery)
20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) high

拍品专文

Cf. The Bridgewater Altar Set sold in these Rooms, 30 November 1959, lot 98 for a similar model of St. Paul on a gilt base. The six smaller saints in this series were some of the last pieces to be modelled by Kändler before his death in 1775.