Lot 133
133
A Meissen figure of a lemon-seller from a series of Parisian street traders
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A Meissen figure of a lemon-seller from a series of Parisian street traders

CIRCA 1755

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A Meissen figure of a lemon-seller from a series of Parisian street traders
Circa 1755
Modelled by F. Meyer, his hair falling about his shoulders, wearing a long, open flowered waistcoat over a loose shirt with green ribbons at the neck and sleeves, puce breeches and sandals, lemons gathered in his puce apron at his waist and one in his extended left hand, others on the ground at his feet, standing on scroll-moulded base (restored through right wrist, apron and left arm restored through elbow, restored waistcoat tail, slight chipping to fruit)
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Lots 133, 134 and 136 are from a small series of traders modelled by Meyer. The figures are not based on the drawings by Hüet, as used by Reinicke for his series, and they are modelled slightly larger than the Cris de Paris Series. See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures (London, 1987), p. 75, col. pl. XXXVIII for a similar lemon-seller.

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