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Lot 218

A Meissen figure of a moor with a parrot, dated 1954

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

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A Meissen figure of a moor with a parrot, dated 1954

After the model by Paul Scheurich, wearing a costume heightened in yellow and blue, a parrot perched on his right hand, 29cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, four incised cancellation marks, incised model number A.1149, impressed numeral and date cypher

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The model probably dates to before 1923, but before Scheurich could offer it to the Meissen factory he became ill. It was eventually produced in white in 1926 and subsequently as a coloured version at the end of 1927. Scheurich re-used the figure on the stage curtain for the new opera house in Charlottenburg, which he hand-painted himself and included figures from operas by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Strauß, Rossini, Weber and Meyerbeer. It represented the character of Nelusco from the Meyerbeer opera "L'Africaine" ("the African woman"). For an illustration of the stage curtain and a full discussion of the model see Johannes Rafael, Paul Scheurich - Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur (1996), no. 22.

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