Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
Price realised
USD 3,220
Estimate
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A DANCING PEASANT CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELLED BY J.J. KAENDLER Modelled with his right foot out and arms wide, wearing a white chemise applied with an inverted iron-red triangle and puce jacket, the mound base applied with flowerheads, hands and left arm restored, chips to foliage 6 5/8in. (16.7cm.) high
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Cf. Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 57 for a similar figure
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