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Lot 215

A Meissen lady with a page boy, circa 1924-33

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen lady with a page boy, circa 1924-33

Modelled by Paul Scheurich, the lady dressed in 18th century costume embellished with iron-red details, the boy wearing a turban and a suit with an floral iron-red and gilt pattern, on a hexagonal base, 28.5cm high, crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue to the rear of the base, incised model number A. 1012, impressed numeral

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Scheurich first created the model in 1919 and was influenced by characters from Richard Strauß' opera "Der Rosenkavalier", which was first performed in 1911 in Dresden. He also created a series of lithographs from "Der Rosenkavalier", which were published by Gurlitt in Berlin in 1920. The frontispiece clearly depicts the lady from the porcelain group as the Marschallin with a putto beside her. See Johannes Rafael, Paul Scheurich - Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur (1996), no. 14, for a full discussion of the model.

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