Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen répresentant... Lot 38

Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen répresentant une femme bulgare, circa 1750 A Meissen figure of a Bulgarian woman, circa 1750 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke, wearing a pointed hat with red and gilt stripes and yellow bows, a yellow-lined white coat applied with yellow bows, a grey vest with moulded pattern and gilt foliate ornament, a puce skirt with black belt and red shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 23.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base right hand restored, some restoration to applied ribbons Footnotes: Based on pl. 83 in the Comte de Ferriol's 'Receuil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant. . . . ', Paris 1714, or the edition published in German by Christoph Weigel the Elder in Nuremberg in 1719. Another example of this figure is in the Professor Klaus J. Thiemann Collection, Hetjens Museum (W. Beckmann, In Fürstlichen Diensten Komödianten, Sultane und Pagoden aus Meissener Porzellan (n.d.), p. 44. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com