CIRCA 1750, UNDERGLAZE BLUE MARK

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN FIGURE OF A SEATED GENTLEMAN
CIRCA 1750, UNDERGLAZE BLUE MARK
Modelled seated cross-legged on a tree stump, wearing a yellow wide-brimmed hat, puce coat gilt with leaves and blue breeches, a hound at his feet, on a sprigged base, slight chipping
8 3/8 in. (21.5 cm.) overall height

Provenance

Displayed in the Drawing Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.

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Lot Essay

Many of the figures produced by the modellers at Meissen - Kaendler, Eberlein, Reinicke, Meyer and Edher, were taken from French drawings by artists such as François Boucher. These had an idyllic view of country life - represented by brightly coloured clothes and rosy cheeks

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