Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 79*
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a poultry chef, circa 1755
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a poultry chef, circa 1755
Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a white cap, shirt and apron over pale lilac breeches and plucking a chicken, a basket with feathers beside him, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves, 13.5cm high (head restuck)
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. 30.
