Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 80*
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a poultry seller, circa 1755
6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a poultry seller, circa 1755
Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a black hat, purple coat and yellow breeches, a basket with eggs on his right arm, his head turned to the left and holding two dead birds in his left hand, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 14.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base, impressed numeral 8. (restoration to hat, right arm and egg basket and to right wing of chicken)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 14 December 2004, lot 23
After a drawing by Christophe Huet of 1753, illustrated by M. Eberle, Cris de Paris (2001), no. 41.
