Details
Probably after the model by J.J. Kändler, seated beside a table with a spinning wheel, a book on her lap
634 in. (17 cm.) high
Literature
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Meissen, Augsburg, 1997, p.153, fig. 81.
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Lot Essay

The model is after a 1747 engraving by Louis Surugue 'Les amusements de la vie privée', after the painting by Chardin of 1746.
An example of this group is held in the Ansbach Residence, see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, no. 1024.

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