A rare pair of Meissen models of doves
circa 1756
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, each naturalistically modelled and coloured in shades of brown and grey, standing on a support of green reeds and modelled base with gilt-edged rocaille scrollwork, 21.5cm high, inventory numbers PE 593 and PE 594 painted in red (one with tailfeather restuck and repair to base) (2)
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, each naturalistically modelled and coloured in shades of brown and grey, standing on a support of green reeds and modelled base with gilt-edged rocaille scrollwork, 21.5cm high, inventory numbers PE 593 and PE 594 painted in red (one with tailfeather restuck and repair to base) (2)
Sold for
£62,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer Collection, Dresden, to 1938;
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Inv. nos. PE 592 and PE 593, to 2010
Literature:
Schnorr von Carolsfeld 1928, nos. 789 and 790;
Albiker 1935, pl. XXX, ill. 117;
Albiker 1959, no. 139 (one only);
Walcha 1973, ill. 127;
Pietsch 2006, nos. 255-256
Exhibited:
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, to 2010
A similar example is in the Dr. Ernst Schneider Collection, Schloss Lustheim (published by Rückert 1966, no. 1122). A pair of the same models, coloured as partridges, were sold from the estate of Laurance S. Rockefeller by Sotheby's New York, 11-12 October 2005, lot 210.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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