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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des grands « Cris de Paris » représentant un chaudronnier, vers 1750 A Meissen figure of a coppersmith from the large Cris de Paris series, circa 1750 image 1
Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des grands « Cris de Paris » représentant un chaudronnier, vers 1750 A Meissen figure of a coppersmith from the large Cris de Paris series, circa 1750 image 2 - Metropolian Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, inv. no. 53.600.588(3)
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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des grands « Cris de Paris » représentant un chaudronnier, vers 1750

A Meissen figure of a coppersmith from the large Cris de Paris series, circa 1750

29 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des grands « Cris de Paris » représentant un chaudronnier, vers 1750

A Meissen figure of a coppersmith from the large Cris de Paris series, circa 1750


Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, carrying a cauldron on his back and holding a cover and tool in his hands, wearing a black tricorn hat, brown jacket with gilt buttons, blue-edged white apron, purple breeches and pink stockings, 18.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base (minor restoration)

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Provenance:
Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 208

Exhibited:
Hohenberg an der Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, 2018-2023

Based on the engraving "Chaudronier Auvergnat" after Edme Bouchardon, from the series "Études Prises dans le Bas Peuple où les Cris de Paris: Première Suite" published in 1737.

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