From Meissen to Paris : The Röbbig Collection | Part I

From Meissen to Paris : The Röbbig Collection | Part I

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Two Meissen porcelain sweetmeat figures of a Turk and companion, circa 1750-60

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Auction Closed

June 24, 04:51 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

modelled by J.F. Eberlein, wearing Turkish dress, each seated holding an open gilt-edged shell-moulded bowl, her robe and his waistcoat painted with indianische Blumen, the mound bases applied with flowers and leaves, he with crossed swords in underglaze-blue to underside of base, she with crossed swords in underglaze-blue to rear of base


Height of man 7 ⅛ in; 18 cm

Height of woman 7 in; 17,5 cm

Property from the Estate of Lucia E. Uihlein, Lake Bluff, Illinois, sold, Christie’s, New York, 20 May 2014, lot 73.


A similar pair are illustrated in Dr. E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, London, 1972, Vol. I, p. 103.

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