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A RARE DANCING TYROLEAN COUPLE THREE GRISAILLE AND GILT EUROPEAN SUBJECT ARTICLES
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1752 QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-96)
After a Meissen model, the couple in the midst of a lively dance, A large tankard and a plate with ‘The Seamstress’, the tankard base
clasping each other’s hands and balancing on one foot as they inscribed ‘F.W.R. Wall, 1887’, and a plate with a shepherdess
look over each other’s shoulder 6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) high, the tankard (3)
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high $3,000-4,000
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
The collection of Sir Mark Wrightson, Bt., England.
This charming fgural group, its compexity and delicacy diffcult to
achieve in clay, was frst modeled in 1743 at the Meissen factory by
t the master J.J. Kandler (1706-1775) as a Harlequin and girl dancing he master J.J. Kandler (1706-1775) as a Harlequin and girl dancing
a Polish mazurka, a popular dance at the time.Polish mazurka, a popular dance at the time.
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