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Lot 87

A Meissen model of a parrot, circa 1740

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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A Meissen model of a parrot, circa 1740

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, naturalistically modelled and coloured in shades of green and red, perched on a tree stump with a leafy branch, 18.5cm high (some restoration to branch)

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Kaendler modelled a variety of parrots around the same time; several are illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), nos. 1080-1086. Two other examples of this model are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. nos. C.6-1984 and C.4A-1984).

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