A large Meissen porcelain figure of a lady playing a hurdy gurdy - image-1

Lot 965 Dα

A large Meissen porcelain figure of a lady playing a hurdy gurdy

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €

A large Meissen porcelain figure of a lady playing a hurdy gurdy

A large figure of a courtly lady disguised as a travelling musician. Blue crossed swords mark to the back of the base. Restored. H 33.6 cm.
3rd quarter 18th C., the model attributed to Friedrich Elias Meyer, between 1748 and 1761.

Literature

A further example in the Porzellansammlung Dresden (cat.: Zauber der Zerbrechlichkeit, Leipzig 2010, no. 7).