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Lot 227

A Meissen figure of the bowls player, circa 1943

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

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A Meissen figure of the bowls player, circa 1943

Modelled by Walter Schott, wearing a green diaphanous robe tied at the waist with a beige ribbon, bending over to throw a golden ball, the circular base with gilt band and moulded with a gilt classical frieze, 37.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with two incised cancellation marks to rear of base, incised model number Q.180, impressed numeral and inscription in black

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The underside of the base is inscribed: "Arbeitskamerad Walter Hutschenreiter zum 25 jährigen Arbeitsjubiläum gewidmet. Der Betriebsführer der Staatlichen Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen. Meissen, den 5.7.43."

Modelled by Walter Schott in 1897; see S. & T. Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures (2010), no. 281. Schott's bronze of the Bowls Player was highly praised at the Dresden Art Exhibition in 1897, where Meissen bought the rights to produce the subject in porcelain; see John Sandon, Meissen Porcelain (2010), p.90 (right).

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