Lot Essay
An almost identical model is recorded at the Schauhalle (Meissen) and is illustrated in C. Albiker, Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1959, no. 98.
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CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Details
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PARROT
CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Perched on a tree stump applied with cherries
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Perched on a tree stump applied with cherries
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
The Walker Collection; Christie’s, London, 25 July 1945, lot 4.
Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1964.
Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1964.
Literature
Y. Hackenbroch, Meissen and Other Continental Porcelain – The Irwin Untermyer Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1956, plate 7, figure 9.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.