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Lot 59

A Meissen figure of farmer's wife, circa 1745

7 December 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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A Meissen figure of farmer's wife, circa 1745

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, holding a hen in her left hand, wearing a brown bodice, yellow, pink and white-striped dress and a white apron, 21.5cm high, traces of crossed swords mark in blue (restored)

Footnotes

Recorded in Kändler's work notes for March 1744: 'Eine alte Frau als eine Wirhtschafterin Welche einer Henne nach dem Ey greiffet gehörig Zerschnitten und zum abformen zubereitet' [An old woman as a landlady reaching to a hen for an egg, suitably carved and prepared for moulding]; quoted by U. Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706-1775 (2002), p. 102.

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