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Large Broken Figurine

This is a large porcelain figurine made by Royal Vienna around 1760. It is very complex with a gentleman hunter, a lady holding a birdcage, two kids as well as a dog and a dead hare on a large base with a tree stump in the center. This is the largest Vienna piece I have ever owned. Sadly it is far from perfect but it might be brought back to life and a lot of the key pieces are still here and intact! There is the gentleman hunter - he has lost his left foot and damaged the hare in the spot the foot would be. Where his rifle hits the base is some filler looks almost orignal or a bit of a later touchup. His hat has the corner facing the tree broken off and damage to the bottom of his back coat but looks great otherwise. Where there is damage to his coat there are three spots on the base so I am assuming there might have been another animal in that general area. Then there is a boy carrying a rifle in his left arm - the top of the rifle is gone as is his right forearm. A small ding to his nose. One leaf of the flower by his feet is broken a bit. Next is a young man blowing a hunting horn - that is mostly missing with evidence of an old restoration. A bit of damage to his hat and whatever black bow thing is on his right coat side (probably a powder horn). Otherwise he is great. The central tree stump was broken and restored but that is mostly flaking off now. And then there is the lady - missing the entire top as well as most of the birdcage - but the bird is there :)The dog is almost perfect be it for some damage to his right ear. And the base was broken into pieces and restored. A ton of damage but fixable and a rare large piece from the 18th century - certainly worth owning! The figurine is about 9 inches tall, 8.5 inches wide and 8 inches deep. Very heavy! It is marked underneath with the underglaze blue shield mark as well as a hidden impressed letter O on the base under the hunting horn boys bottom which helps to date the piece a bit better. I could not find this model in any of my Vienna books so it's definitely not a common one! Please email me for more information or photos.

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