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Lot 32

Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un tourneur sur bois, vers 1750-55

A Meissen figure of a wood turner, circa 1750-55

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

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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un tourneur sur bois, vers 1750-55

A Meissen figure of a wood turner, circa 1750-55


Modelled by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke, holding a turned vase in his left hand and a chisel in the right, wearing a black tricorn hat, puce jacket, white shirt, green apron and brown breeches, the scrollwork base edged in purple and modelled with part of a lathe and a turned finial to either side, 21.7cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (restoration to his right fingers)

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A similarly decorated example is in the Alan Shimmerman Collection (V. Sigalas/M. Chilton (eds.), All Walks of Life, 2022, no. 27; formerly in the collection of Sir Henry Tate, Bt., sold at Christie's London, 6 March 1995, lot 164).

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