TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF DOVES modelled by J. J. Kändler facing left and right, one flapping its right wing, its white plumage with grey patches, standing on a grassy oval mound applied with flowers, the other with white plumage enriched in mauve, brown and black, with orange legs and claws, on a white oval mound applied with flowers (one with restoration and a small chip to beak, the other with a long chip underneath beak, both with chip to tail-feathers, chips to flowers), both with blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745

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TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF DOVES modelled by J. J. Kändler facing left and right, one flapping its right wing, its white plumage with grey patches, standing on a grassy oval mound applied with flowers, the other with white plumage enriched in mauve, brown and black, with orange legs and claws, on a white oval mound applied with flowers (one with restoration and a small chip to beak, the other with a long chip underneath beak, both with chip to tail-feathers, chips to flowers), both with blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745
4in. (10cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of similar figures was sold in these Rooms, 6 October 1980, lot 122

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