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Lot 149

A pair of Meissen figural bouquetières, circa 1745

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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A pair of Meissen figural bouquetières, circa 1745

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, each seated on a rocky mound holding a basket with pierced tops, respectively, the gentleman wearing a yellow hat, an iron-red jacket embellished with gilt flowers and black foliage and black breeches, his companion wearing a black headscarf, white bodice edged with puce scrollwork, white skirt with indianische Blumen and red-dotted apron, the bases applied with leaves and flowers, 20.5cm high, faint crossed swords mark in blue to him (minor chips) (2)

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The model is mentioned by Kaendler in his Taxa of overtime work: '1. Weibs Bild sizend einen Korb auf den Schooß habend, worein Bluhmen gesezet werden können [...] 1. Gärtner sizend, einen Bluhmen-Korb vor sich haltend, darein Bluhmen gesezet werden können, als Compagnon zur Gärtnerin' [1 female figure seated holding a basket on her lap, in which flowers can be out (...) 1. seated gardener, holding a flower basket in front, in which flowers can be put, as companion to the female gardener].

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