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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des grands « Cris de Paris » représentant un porteur, vers 1750 A Meissen figure of a porter 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 porteur, vers 1750 A Meissen figure of a porter 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(57)
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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des grands « Cris de Paris » représentant un porteur, vers 1750

A Meissen figure of a porter 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 porteur, vers 1750

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


Probably modelled by P. Reinicke, holding a stick in his left hand, a small sack inthe right and carrying two boxes in a frame on his back, wearing a black tricorn hat, grey coat with gilt buttons, white breeches and black shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 18.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear edge of base, triangle mark in purple (some restoration)

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

Based on the enraving "Crocheteur" by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus after Edme Bouchardon, from the series "Études Prises dans le Bas Peuple où les Cris de Paris: Cinquième Suite", published in 1746.

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