TWO RARE MEISSEN FIGURES OF A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT SELLER FROM THE `CRYES OF LONDON'
Circa 1755
Modelled by J.J.Kaendler and P.Reinicke after engravings by Pierce Tempest (1653-1702), as a woman balancing a basket of cucumbers on her head and holding a bundle of wheat and a man with a basket of pears on his head, each raised on a scroll moulded base picked out in gilding, blue crossed swords marks to rear of base, impressed `11' and `12', 15.5cm and 16.5cm high. Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Co. Ltd., London
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£3,000 - £5,000
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Hammer price:
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£3,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Female- minor glaze chip to the tip of one cucumber.Minor losses to ends of wheat sheaves.
Male- restoration and chip to end of forefinger of right hand.
