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Lot 169

Two Meissen figures of vegetable sellers, circa 1745-50

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

£2,000 - £3,000

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Two Meissen figures of vegetable sellers, circa 1745-50

She wearing a wide-brimmed hat, green bodice and yellow skirt, holding a root vegetable in her right hand and a selection of vegetables in her apron, he wearing a floral jacket and puce breeches and holding a basket with vegetables, the bases applied with leaves and flowers, 18cm and 18.5cm high crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base (some damage and restoration) (2)

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Provenance:
British Private Collection, assembled in the 1950s and 1960s

Another example of the female seller is illustrated in Y. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (1987), colour plate XXVIII.

Saleroom notices

Please note lots 168 and 169 are wrongly numbered in the printed catalogue, but correctly numbered on the website. Lot 169 is actually lot 168 and lot 168 is actually lot 169.

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