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Lot 184

Two Volkstedt figures of musicians, circa 1775

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

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Two Volkstedt figures of musicians, circa 1775

Playing the bassoon and the flute, wearing puce jackets and waistcoats and black breeches, the bases shaded in brown, 16.5cm high (some restoration) (2)

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

A similar figure of a flute player is illustrated by C. Fritzsche, Thüringer Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts, in Mitteilungsblatt der Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz, 116/117 (2003), p. 87f.

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