A Meissen porcelain figure of a peasant woman with a hen - image-1

Lot 1378 Dα

A Meissen porcelain figure of a peasant woman with a hen

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 5.500 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain figure of a peasant woman with a hen

Standing figure of a peasant woman in a black bodice and blue apron. Unglazed, unmarked base. H 21.3 cm.
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1744, produced soon after.

Provenance

Röbbig art dealers, Munich.<BR>Private collection, Palatinate.

Literature

Cf. the figure in the Porzellansammlung Dresden, inv.no. P.E.990 (in Pietsch, Meißner Porzellanplastik von Gottlieb Kirchner und Johann Joachim Kaendler, Munich 2006, no. 40). Ulrich Pietsch cites Kaendler's workshop records from März 1744 that mention: "Eine alte Frau als Wirthschafterin Welche einer Henne nach dem Ey greiffet gehörig zerschnitten und zum abformen zubereitet". He also lists another example in the collection of Franz E. Burda.