A Meissen 'Cris de Paris' figure of a fish seller, circa 1755

Modelled by Peter Reinicke, wearing a white headscarf, yellow bodice and floral skirt with white apron, her hands on her hips and a tray with fish strapped around her waist, the base moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves, 13.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base, impressed 13 (minor chips)

Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's Paris, 15 May 2003, lot 474

The model is after a drawing by Christophe Huet from 1753 and is illustrated in M. Eberle, Cris de Paris-Meissener Porzellanfiguren des 18.Jahrhunderts (2001), no.39.