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Lot 224

A Meissen figure of lute player Kaethe Hyan, circa 1912

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Meissen figure of lute player Kaethe Hyan, circa 1912

Modelled by Erich Hösel, with yellow bows and pink roses in her hair, wearing a full white dress embellished with green bows and playing a lute, 25.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, 64. in iron-red, incised model number V143 and impressed 144 (minor restoration)

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Modelled by Hösel in 1912; see S. & T. Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures (2010), no. 550.

Kaethe Hyan (1876-1958) was a cabaret singer in Berlin and married to the German author and screenwriter Hans Hyan (1868-1944).

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