Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 72
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a fish seller, circa 1755
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a fish seller, circa 1755
Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a white headscarf with puce bow, yellow bodice, white apron and puce skirt, her hands on her hips and a tray with fish strapped around her waist, a basket in her right hand, the base moulded with rocailles and applied with leaves, 13.3cm high, crossed swords mark to the rear of the base, impressed 13 (tiny chips)
Footnotes
The model is after a drawing by Christophe Huet from 1753 and is illustrated in M. Eberle, Cris de Paris-Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18.Jahrhunderts (2001), no.39.
