A Meissen figure of a guinea fowl circa 1741
Another Meissen model of a guinea fowl
circa 1741
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, also with its head turned to the right, the plumage picked out in black, purple and iron-red, the base applied with leaves and coloured in yellow and green, 15.6cm high, faint crossed swords mark in blue (restored)
Sold for £696 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer Collection, Dresden, to 1938;
    Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Inv. no. PE 3911, to 2010

    Literature:
    Schnorr von Carolsfeld 1928, no. 773;
    Albiker 1935, ill. 136;
    Pietsch 2006, no. 295

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics


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