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Lot 1085 D α

A Meissen porcelain model of a lady with a pug dog in a sedan chair

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.750 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain model of a lady with a pug dog in a sedan chair

Depicting an elegant lady holding a closed fan sitting in a sedan with her lap dog. Unglazed base with incised P. Mark, indistinct purple painter's mark, no crossed swords mark. Small breakage to the top of the sedan, a restored chip to the front left ring. H 10.5 cm.
Model attributed to Peter Reinicke, circa 1755.

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse.

Literature

A further example with identical decor in the Reissmuseum Mannheim in Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 964, therein mentioned a price list from 1765: "Porte-Chaise nebst Heyducken".
This model with the two carrying figures in the Pauls-Eisenbeiss collection in Menzhausen/Karpinski, In Porzellan verzaubert, Basel 1993, p. 180 f.