CIRCA 1765, THE MODEL BY JOHANN JACOB LOUIS

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A LUDWIGSBURG GROUP OF A BEAR HUNT
CIRCA 1765, THE MODEL BY JOHANN JACOB LOUIS
Modeled as an open-mouthed bear standing on his hind legs and being attacked by two hounds, on a rocaille-molded cartouche-shaped base applied with flowers
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 17 November 17 1967, lot 645.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Cf. Hans Dieter Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan, Stuttgart, 1997, p. 581, no. 658, and p. 395. For a similar group of a boar hunt, see Hans Christ, Ludwigsburger Porzellanfiguren, Stuttgart and Berlin, 1921, p. 104.

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