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Lot 28

Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un charpentier, vers 1750-55

A Meissen figure of a carpenter, circa 1750-55

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

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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un charpentier, vers 1750-55

A Meissen figure of a carpenter, circa 1750-55


Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, standing holding an axe in his right hand and balancing a saw with the right, wearing a black tricorn hat, brown jacket with gilt buttons, yellow waistcoat decorated with purple indianische Blumen and gilt buttons, a chamois apron with a spool at the waist, purple breeches and black shoes, the moulded base with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 22.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base (minor restoration)

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Provenance:
Emma Budge Collection, Hamburg, sold at Paul Graupe, Berlin, 27-29 September 1937, lot 827d;
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 4 March 1986, lot 195

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