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Peasant going to Market
Meissen Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Kändler, Johann Joachim
(Modeller)
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in turquoise blue, yellow, green, red, brown, and black enamels.
The unglazed underside has a small circular ventilation hole towards the back. The man is supported by a white tree stump at the back of a low white irregularly shaped base, encrusted with yellowish green ferns and a spray of turquoise-blue fig leaves. He steps forward on his left leg and has both knees slightly bent. His body is bowed by the weight of a straw coloured wicker basket, slung over his shoulders with broad black plaited straps which he supports with his left hand. On top of the basket rests a wooden coop, inside which sits a dappled hen. Under his right arm he carries a black and white kid, its fore and hind legs securely bound.
He wears a large black three-cornered hat, from which his unkempt black hair hangs over his neck; a loose white shirt, open at the front; green breeches, held up by red braces; and has bare legs and feet.
History note: Willy Lissauer, Berlin, from whom purchased by Lord Fisher on 5 May 1933 for £26
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 7 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Given
(1954-01-14)
by
Fisher, Lord and Lady
Mid 18th Century
Circa
1744
CE
-
1750
CE
Whole Except Undersi composed of glaze ( clear) Decoration composed of enamels ( turquoise blue, yellow, green, red, brown, and black)
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed and painted in turquoise blue, yellow, green, red, brown, and black enamels
Inscription present: circular white paper label with scalloped edge
Accession number: C.25-1954
Primary reference Number: 140185
Old object number: 381
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.13-1954
Accession Number: 753
Accession Number: P.918-R
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