A pair of Meissen models of partridges

CIRCA 1745

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A pair of Meissen models of partridges
Circa 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with grey, brown, iron-red, yellow and black finely detailed plumage, standing to left and right astride mound bases applied with ears of corn (restoration to both beaks, one with one claw lacking, chips to corn)
6¼in. (16cm.) and 6in. (15cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Carl Albiker, op. cit. (1959), no. 128 and Hermann Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts in Hamburger Privatbesitz (1982), p. 240. See also the pair sold in these Rooms on 15 October 1990, lot 123.

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