Lot Essay
See Samuel Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meissener Tiere, Die Menagerie Augusts des Starken für das Japanische Palais in Dresden, Düsseldorf, 2004, p. 183, pl. 168 for an illustration of an 18th century model now in the Porzellansammlung Dresden, and p. 325 for detailed discussion of the 18th century model. This model was originally conceived and executed by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1732, and later adapted and reintroduced by Erich Oehme in April 1921. Also see Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China: An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 14, fig. 4; and an anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 24 May 1993, lot 97 for a brightly coloured example.