A Meissen figure of lute player, circa 1760 Modelled by Carl Christoph Punct (active 1761-65), wearing a green coat and flower-encrusted hat strumming a lute, set on a rocaille flower- and leaf-encrusted base accentuated in puce, with a dog at his feet, 20cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to base Footnotes: Literature: Rückert, Rainer, Miller, J. Jefferson, and Hans Syz. Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei. Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection,vol. I, 1979, pp. 462-463, cat. 309. An identical but less finely painted example resides in the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, inv. 1992.0427.03 (gift of Hans C. Syz). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing