Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen répresentant une femme bulgare, circa 1750

A Meissen figure of a Bulgarian woman, circa 1750

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler and P. Reinicke, wearing a pointed hat with red and gilt stripes and yellow bows, a yellow-lined white coat applied with yellow bows, a grey vest with moulded pattern and gilt foliate ornament, a puce skirt with black belt and red shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 23.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base right hand restored, some restoration to applied ribbons
Footnotes:
Based on pl. 83 in the Comte de Ferriol's 'Receuil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant. . . . ', Paris 1714, or the edition published in German by Christoph Weigel the Elder in Nuremberg in 1719.

Another example of this figure is in the Professor Klaus J. Thiemann Collection, Hetjens Museum (W. Beckmann, In Fürstlichen Diensten Komödianten, Sultane und Pagoden aus Meissener Porzellan (n.d.), p. 44.

Her right hand is restored. There is some restoration to all the applied yellow bows; they all have some spray residue, though the restored damage is not visible. The tip of her left thumb is restored. There is a very narrow, 2cm long area of retouching to the puce enamel along one fold of her dress (over a very small flat chip). There is a tiny (1mm) flat chip to the bottom edge of her puce dress at the rear. There are some typical small chips to the applied leaves and flowers on the base, and some retouching of green enamel to the breaks on the leaves.

Otherwise in good condition.