A pair of Meissen ewers, emblematic of Earth and Water

AFTER MODELS BY JOHANN JOACHIM KAENDLER, CIRCA 1880

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A pair of Meissen ewers, emblematic of Earth and Water
After models by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Circa 1880
Each with shaped lip and bulbous body with raised decoration and applied figures, on an oval spreading foot, Earth, with lip and foot moulded to the underside with oak-leaves and with a tied corn-sheaf handle surmounted by a basket-bearing putto, the body painted with a mountainous landscape and raised with hounds hunting wild animals, the figure of Diana seated on the shoulder and a panpipe-playing faun to the side; Water, with shell and reed-moulded lip and foot, the handle in the form of tied rushes, the body raised with a turquoise ocean with galleons and hippocampi, a figure of Neptune seated on the shoulder, a nereid to the side; each with blue-cross swords mark to the underside
Earth: 26 in. (67.3 cm.) high
Water: 25 in. (61.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The present pair of ewers, representing two of the four Elements, are after the set modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler in 1741 (see Meissen, Festive Publication, 1910, p. 34-35).

A full set of four ewers emblematic of the Elements was sold in these rooms, 19 October 1995, lot 97.

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