Meissen Porcelain Figurine Busts of a Man & Woman by Peter Strang

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A fine pair of miniature Meissen porcelain busts.

By Peter Strang.

In the form of a man and woman in … Read more A fine pair of miniature Meissen porcelain busts.

By Peter Strang.

In the form of a man and woman in casual clothing. The man wears an argyle sweater and is smoking a pipe, and the woman is in a purple dress with a blue brooch.

Each bust rests atop a plinth of white porcelain.

In Strang's cubist style.

Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden in 1960. Peter was a founding member of the Meissen 1960 artists' collective and would go onto model hundreds of different pieces for Meissen over the years.

Simply a wonderful pair of miniature busts from one of Meissen's masters!

Date:
20th Century

Overall Condition:
It is in overall fair, as-pictured, used estate condition with no repairs.

Condition Details:
The male figure lacks the stem of his pipe, and the female figure has losses to the tip of her hair. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.

Maker:
Meissen

Marks:
Marked to the base with a blue underglaze crossed swords Meissen maker's mark.

Measurements:
Height: ca. 2 3/4 in.
Width: ca. 7/8 in.
Depth: ca. 5/8 in.

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