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Lot 109

A Meissen 'Cryes of London' figure of a courtesan, circa 1755

14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,500 - £5,500

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A Meissen 'Cryes of London' figure of a courtesan, circa 1755

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke, holding a fan in one hand and a mask in the other, wearing a black hood, puce floral shawl, a white underskirt with a border of indianische Blumen and a green overskirt at the back, the base moulded with gilt-edged rocailles and applied with leaves and flowers, 14cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base, (some restoration)

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The model is after an engraving by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon the Elder, from the series 'The Cryes of the City of London', which was first published in 1711. Another example together with the source print is illustrated by Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (1987), pp. 132-133, and a further one in M. Eberle, Cris de Paris-Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18.Jahrhunderts (2001), no.11.

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