A MEISSEN FIGURE EMBLEMATIC OF ASIA

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

细节

A MEISSEN FIGURE EMBLEMATIC OF ASIA
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark, modelled by J.J. Kändler
Asia in Turkish dress, with flower-sprigged skirt, gilt headdress with tassels, holding a scepter and an incense burner, seated on a recumbent dromedary with light-brown markings and a black halter, on an oval mound base applied with flowers
5½in. (14cm.) wide

来源

The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 November- 1 December 1979, lot 118

拍品专文

Both a large set of the Continents modelled by Kändler and Eberlein as well as a small set modelled by Kändler exist. This example is from the small series. For the same figure and the complete set see Sammlung Pauls, Porzellan des 18.Jahrhunderts, p. 379; Albiker, pl. 80, no. 310.