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THE ALEXANDER GUTTMANN COLLECTION The following 33 lots (lots 440-473 inclusive) are from the Alexander Guttmann Collection, formed by Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) for his son Alexander. Axel Guttmann was a passionate collector of Meissen porcelain, fine wine, furniture, paintings and arms and armour, both from Antiquity and the Medieval period. Axel Guttmann was born in Krems, Austria, but grew up in Berlin after the Second World War. He was a patron of the Berlin museums for over 25 years, supporting projects, publications and purchases, as well as lending items from his collection to exhibitions in both Germany and Austria. Eight volumes of his arms and armour collection were published by Philipp von Zabern before Axel Guttmann's untimely death on 28th October 2001. His porcelain collection was published by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, 'Alexanders Tiere', Sammlung Axel Guttmann (Berlin, 1999), and this is referred to throughout as the 'Guttmann Catalogue'. Unless otherwise stated, the models in this collection are almost certainly modelled by J.J. Kändler.

A MEISSEN MODEL OF A RED SQUIRREL

CIRCA 1750

Details

A MEISSEN MODEL OF A RED SQUIRREL
CIRCA 1750
Modelled to the left with its head slightly turned, with a nut in its mouth and its right forepaw slightly raised, a black-edged buff collar about its neck with a silvered loop, seated on its haunches on an oval green-washed mound base applied with coloured flowers and foliage, a rock with a silvered loop by its left hind leg (restoration to base below tail and below front paw, areas of wear to enamels, some restored chipping to flowers and foliage)
8½ in. (21.4 cm.) high

Literature

Guttmann Catalogue, no. 3.

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