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A Meissen 'Cris de St. Petersburg' figure of a peasant, circa 1755
7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,625 inc. premium
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A Meissen 'Cris de St. Petersburg' figure of a peasant, circa 1755
Probably modelled by Peter Reinicke, with a tray balanced on his head and holding a jug in his left hand, wearing a black hat, a pale buff tunic and stockings with puce belt and black shoes, the base applied with leaves, 16cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base
Footnotes
Based on a series of engravings of drawings by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a student of Boucher's, who travelled to Russia to study and record the life and customs of the Russian people; see M.Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, pp.140f.
