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Lot 185

Two Thuringian figures of a violinist and a shepherd with a dog, circa 1775

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

£500 - £800

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Two Thuringian figures of a violinist and a shepherd with a dog, circa 1775

The violinist, Limbach or Wallendorf, wearing an iron-red jacket and breeches and flower-decorated waistcoat, the base with puce-edged scrollwork; the shepherd, probably Volkstedt, wearing a long red cloak, purple jacket and yellow beeches, with a crook in his right arm and a dog at his feet, 13cm and 13.5cm high (the violinist lacking bow, base of shepherd restuck, some losses) (2)

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

Similar figures of violinists are illustrated by C. Fritzsche, Thüringer Porzellanfiguren des 18. Jahrhunderts, in Mitteilungsblatt der Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz, 116/117 (2003), p. 69f.

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