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Figure en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un homme debout au perroquet (« Nelusco »), Meissen, circa 1934-48
A Meissen figure of a standing figure holding a parrot ("Nelusco"), circa 1934-48
A Meissen figure of a standing figure holding a parrot ("Nelusco"), circa 1934-48
29 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€1,200 - €1,800
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Figure en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un homme debout au perroquet (« Nelusco »), Meissen, circa 1934-48
A Meissen figure of a standing figure holding a parrot ("Nelusco"), circa 1934-48
A Meissen figure of a standing figure holding a parrot ("Nelusco"), circa 1934-48
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, the bird perched on his right hand coloured in turquoise and yellow, his hat and costume similarly coloured, the base moulded with scrollwork and reeds edged in turquoise, 27cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to back of base, incised model number A1149 to base,
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This figure depicts Nelusco, from Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera, L'Africaine (or Vasco de Gama), which the composer completed just before his death in 1864 and received its premiere in Paris the following year. Scheurich probably completed the model by 1923, though due to his illness it was only offered to the manufactory by his wife in July 1924. Initially, Max Adolf Pfeiffer assured Käthe Scheurich that the model would be be stored pending her husband's recovery. Due to Scheurich's protracted illness, however, the figure was produced in white from 1926 though it was not offered for sale until the end of 1927. The first coloured example was sold in October 1929, though it isn't known whether Scheurich supplied the decorative scheme after his recovery from illness at the end of 1928, or the manufactory developed its own colour schemes. By 1933, only five figures had been sold and by 1945 a further three (see Johannes Rafael, Paul Scheurich, 1995a. no. 22 and ill. 22.2 for a similarly decorated example in the Schauhalle of the manufactory).
Another example from the Prof. J. Rafael Collection was sold in these Rooms, 14 April 2022, lot 58.
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