2. A Meissen figure of a dancing peasant with a tankard, circa 1740 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, holding his hat with his left hand, the tankard in his right with a gilt handle and rim, wearing a pale-grey hat with purple ribbon, a red-lined yellow jacket, blue breeches with black braces and purple rosettes at the knees and on his shoes, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 17.2cm high, impressed 50 three times (left lower leg restuck, minor flaking) Exhibited: Hohenberg an der Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, 2018-2023 A similar model in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, inv. no. C.25-1984; another in the Alan Shimermann Collection is illustrated by V. Sigalas and M. Chilton (eds.), All Walks of Life, 2022, cat. 13.