CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE GROUP
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Modeled as Apollo and Minerva, each crowned with a laurel wreath, Apollo with a quiver and lyre, Minerva in armor, holding aloft between them a plaque showing putti at harvest, with a similar scene shown to the rocaille-molded panel applied to the base
13 in. (33 cm.) high

Provenance

With J. Rochelle Thomas, London.
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1936-48.
Winthrop Rockefeller, 1958-73.
The Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, acquired August 1974.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, pp. 46-47, no. 20.

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Lot Essay

This group is from a set of the Seasons, the designs for which are taken from a series of four tapestries representing the Seasons designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-90). For a similar example see U. Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706-1775, Leipzig, 2002, pp. 126-127.

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