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A Meissen figure of female hurdy gurdy player circa 1745
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description
- crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base
- 13.5cm., 5 1/4 in.
modelled by J.J. Kändler, and possibly J.F. Eberlein, seated on a rocky mound, wearing a white dress with green ribbons and edged with a band of indianische Blumen, and a yellow apron, the base applied with leaves and flowers
Catalogue Note
Kändler's Taxa of 1740-48 includes "1 sizend Tyroler Mädgen auf der Leyer spielend..." [1 seated Tyrolean girl playing the hurdy-gurdy]; quoted by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, no.934. Another example is in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, published by Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, no.89, where the author notes that Eberlein may have reworked the earlier model by Kändler.