English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18th October 2017
Lot 1450
A Meissen-style figure of a Levantine lady 18th/19th century
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
A Meissen-style figure of a Levantine lady 18th/19th century, after the model by Kändler and Reinicke, standing and wearing a tall headdress, holding a small posy of flowers in her left hand, raised on a low pad base applied with flowers, some restoration to her left arm, 14cm.
This figure, which was widely copied at Chelsea (see lot 1706) and Bow, was derived from plates in the Comte de Ferriol and Le Hay's 'Receuil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', published in Paris in 1714 with a smaller German edition published by Christoph Weigel at Nüremberg in 1719 and 1721. This figure was based on pl. 43 of Vol. II of the German edition or pl. 91 of the first edition of 1714.