A Meissen figure of a shepherd
A Meissen figure of a shepherd

CIRCA 1755

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A Meissen figure of a shepherd
Circa 1755
Wearing a pale-blue tricorn hat, ochre coat, turquoise breeches and yellow shoes, playing the bagpipes and standing before a tree-stump with a sheep and his dog at his feet, on an oval mound base edged with gilt scrolls and applied with flowers and foliage (his right little finger, dog's right paw and tip of reeds lacking, minute chipping to extremities, minute wear to gilding)
5 in. (14.6 cm.) high

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