A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a fisherman with his net - image-1
A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a fisherman with his net - image-2
A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a fisherman with his net - image-1A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a fisherman with his net - image-2

Lot 895 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a fisherman with his net

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
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A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a fisherman with his net

Figure of a young fisherman standing on an earth mound base encrusted with flowers and foliage, pulling a heavily laden net on land and holding a fish in his right hand. With blue crossed swords mark to the back of the base, unglazed underside. Restored. H 19.5 cm.
Around 1745, modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler.

Literature

Cf. Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, Leicester 1987, p. 163.