Lot 37
37
A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF SWANS modelled by J. J. Kändler, facing left and right and standing astride reeds on white mound bases scattered with shells, one with a cygnet perched on her back and with another seated in front of her, the other flapping its right wing and with its neck raised, their beaks painted in black and iron-red and their feet in black, the tips of the reeds enriched in turquoise and the shells in pale brown (one with old restoration to wing and body), circa 1747

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF SWANS modelled by J. J. Kändler, facing left and right and standing astride reeds on white mound bases scattered with shells, one with a cygnet perched on her back and with another seated in front of her, the other flapping its right wing and with its neck raised, their beaks painted in black and iron-red and their feet in black, the tips of the reeds enriched in turquoise and the shells in pale brown (one with old restoration to wing and body), circa 1747
5¼in. (13.5cm.) and 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Kändler created several different versions of figures of swans, which were intended as table decorations. Cf. Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Meissen Porcelain in Colour, p. 60 for a similar pair. Another pair was sold in these Rooms, 26 June 1967, lot 187

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