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Lot 1526 Dα

A Meissen porcelain group of a shepherdess with a lute and a gentleman

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.520 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain group of a shepherdess with a lute and a gentleman

A seated lautist and a standing man with a tricorn hat under one arm handing her a bouquet. On an earth mound base encrusted with flowers and foliage with a small oak behind. Smoothed base, blue crossed swords mark to the back of the plinth. In modern bronze mountings marked "G. Keller Paris" , total H 16.3 cm.
Late 1740s, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1745.

Literature

Cf. Brattig (ed.), "Meissen Barockes Porzellan", Stuttgart-Cologne 2010, cat. no. 12.

On Kaendler's taxa, see Rafael, "Zur Taxe Kaendler", in: Keramos 203/204/2009, p. 66: "Ein Groupgen, da eine Schäfferin auff einem Rasen sizt und auff der Laute spielielet, neben ihr stehet ein Schäffer, so ihr ein Blümgen Vergißmeinnicht verehrt. 16 r."

A comparable group auctioned by Lempertz Cologne Auction 1096 on 17 November 2017, lot 1464.