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102. A rare set of eleven Meissen figures of female musician…
102
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102. A rare set of eleven Meissen figures of female musician…
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
102. A rare set of eleven Meissen figures of female musicians, circa 1755
Comprising a bagpipe player, a flautist, a singer, a gamba player, two violists, a violinist, an oboeist, a recorder player, a harpist and a zither player, modelled on simple rocaille bases applied with flowers and picked out in gilding, 12cm-14cm high approx., some with crossed swords marks in blue, many with impressed 23 (11)
Provenance
Formerly in the Brigitte Britzke Collection, Bad Pyrmont
Literature
Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue, 2002, pp. 170-171 (eight of the figures);
La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709-1765/Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung, exhibition catalogue, 2009, pp. 336-337 (nine of the figures)
Exhibited
Museum im Schloss, Bad Pyrmont, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, 28 November 2002 to 26 January 2003 (eight figures);
Fundación Caja Segovia, La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709-1765, 16 July to 18 November 2009 (nine figures)
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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