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A very rare Meissen figure of a bagpipe player circa 1740
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Description
- height 6 3/4 in. (17.2cm)
the figure modelled, probably by Johann Joachim Kändler, in an animated pose, with expressive, finely detailed facial features, and boldy, brightly colored costume, impressed numeral 48 and painted letter M. End of pipes restored, small chips and losses to fingers, knee rosette and applied flowers and leaves.
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, June 20, 1974, lot 210
Catalogue Note
A figure of this very rare form, painted in a very similar palette, was sold at Christie's, London, June 5, 1996, lot 404.