A MEISSEN FIGURE OF PETER SCHLEMIHL

CIRCA 1926, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, INCISED MODEL NO. A 1134, IMPRESSED 136, SIGNED INDISTINCTLY, AFTER THE MODEL BY MÜNCH-KHE

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF PETER SCHLEMIHL
CIRCA 1926, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, INCISED MODEL NO. A 1134, IMPRESSED 136, SIGNED INDISTINCTLY, AFTER THE MODEL BY MÜNCH-KHE
Modelled mid-stride, his hair and neckerchief flapping in the breeze, a cane under his arm, a tree-stump near his back leg, on a rocky oval base
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This figure is based upon Adelbert von Chamisso's 1813 prose narrative, Peter Schlemihl, about a man who sells his shadow to the Devil. See Robert E. Röntgen, The Book of Meissen, Exton, PA, 1984, p. 65, pl. 86 for a very similar figure.

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