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A Meissen figure of a ballad singer from the Saxon Court, circa 1755

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

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A Meissen figure of a ballad singer from the Saxon Court, circa 1755

Modelled wearing a pink overcoat, gilt-edged yellow waistcoat embellished with flowers and lilac breeches, his black tricorn hat under his arm, holding a sheet of music in his left hand, on a gilt-edged scrollwork base with applied leaves and flowers, 13.3cm high, faint traces of crossed swords mark in blue (minor chips)

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Another example is illustrated in Patricia Brattig (ed.), Meissen Barockes Porzellan (2010), no. 38.

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