Lot Essay
For a ewe similar to the present lot (but modelled in reverse), see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (1966), p. 284, no. 1162.
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CIRCA 1745
Details
A Meissen model of a ewe
Circa 1745
Modelled with its head turned to its right, with long ears and tail, its curly white coat with patches of pale-brown markings, standing supported by a tree-stump on a shaped oval mound base applied with flowers and foliage (tip of left ear very slightly ground, slight re-touching to disguise slight chipping to foliage)
4 in. (10 cm.) high
Circa 1745
Modelled with its head turned to its right, with long ears and tail, its curly white coat with patches of pale-brown markings, standing supported by a tree-stump on a shaped oval mound base applied with flowers and foliage (tip of left ear very slightly ground, slight re-touching to disguise slight chipping to foliage)
4 in. (10 cm.) high
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