A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A RHINOCEROS modelled by J.J. Kãndler, after Albrecht Dürer decorated in shades of brown (tusk, ears, tail and legs restored), circa 1745

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A RHINOCEROS modelled by J.J. Kãndler, after Albrecht Dürer decorated in shades of brown (tusk, ears, tail and legs restored), circa 1745
16.5cm. long

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

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