Lot Essay
For a full discussion of the rhinoceros in Meissen porcelain see T. Clarke, The Connoisseur, September 1973, pp. 2-13 and also Februarz 1974, pp. 113-122. Cf. the example in the Hans Syz Collection Catalogue no. 329, the smaller model in Carl Albiker, op. cit., and the example sold in our London Rooms, 7 October 1985, lot 104