TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF BOLOGNESER HOUNDS
After the original models by J. J. Kändler, circa 1880
Seated to left and right with shaggy white fur and long ears and whiskers, one with brown markings, the other marked in black, each with painted features and pink bellies (small chips to claws, one with small chip to tail), blue crossed swords marks, one with Pressnummer 46, incised C.77. and 26.
6¼in. and 6½in. (16cm. and 16.5cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Carl Albiker, Die Meissener Porzellantière im 18. Jahrundert, Berlin 1959, pls. 188 and 189 for examples of original figures of 1769