A Meissen porcelain figure of a miner / hewer - image-1

Lot 1382 Dα

A Meissen porcelain figure of a miner / hewer

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.772 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain figure of a miner / hewer

Smoothed base, blue crossed swords mark to the back of the plinth. Losses and restorations to the black pigment, both tools replaced, chips to the flowers and foliage. H 19.6 cm.
Around 1750, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke.

Literature

Cf. Slotta/Lehmann/Pietsch, Ein fein bergmannig Porcelan. Abbilder vom Bergbau in „weißem Gold“, Bochum 1999, cat. no. 255 ff., for the model with varying painted decor and tools, from the Historisches Museum Basel, inv. no. 1975.1066, Deutsches Bergbaumuseum Bochum, inv. no. 3301968 and 3301974.
Further models in the National Museum of American History Washington, Id. No. CE.65.387, and in the High Museum of Art Atlanta, acc. no. 2018.179.