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Lot 76

A Meissen figure of a lady at a spinning wheel, circa 1760

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

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A Meissen figure of a lady at a spinning wheel, circa 1760

Seated in a high-backed, gilt-edged armchair holding a book in her right hand, a spinning-wheel on a gilt-edged table to her side, wearing a jacket decorated with indianische Blumen, a purple skirt decorated with flowers and a yellow cloak, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 17.2cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (spindle restuck, haircrack)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale in these rooms, 23 May 2012, lot 121

The model is after the engraving 'Les amusements de la vie privée' by Louis Surugue of 1747, which is after the painting by Chardin of 1746. For the example in the Ansbach Residence, see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), no. 1024.

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