A Meissen model of a hare

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AT BACK

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A Meissen model of a hare
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark at back
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, to the right with brown and black fur and yellow eyes its ears raised, on an oval base applied with coloured flowers and foliage (chip to tip of left ear, slight chipping to flowers and foliage)
6in. (15cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit. (1966), no. 1176. See also The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Robert Charleston, Meissen and Other European Porcelain (1971), p. 174, no. 60 and the examples sold in these Rooms on 7 October 1996, lot 456.

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