MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LEMON SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE ST. PETERSBURG' SERIES, CIRCA 1745 Height: 6 in. (15.2 cm.)

MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LEMON SELLER FROM THE 'CRIS DE ST. PETERSBURG' SERIES, CIRCA 1745
blue crossed swords mark at back, modeled by P. Reinicke, depicted wearing a fur lined hat, pink belted beige tunic, white breeches and stockings, modeled carrying a basket of lemons over his left arm, the mound base applied with a flower

Catalogue note:
Compare, The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, Part I, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2018, Lot 269; and another at Bonhams, London, 7 December 2017, Lot 210.

Similar to the Paris and London Crier series, the St. Petersburg Crier characters are based on real life studies of the Russian people. At Meissen they were adapted from engravings of drawings by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a student of Boucher.
Dimensions: Height: 6 in. (15.2 cm.)

Condition: Damaged and now broken through torso, restoration brittle and discolored

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