Lot Essay
Cf. C. Albiker, Meissener Porzellantiere (Berlin 1935), Tafel XXVIII ill.106
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19TH CENTURY
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A Meissen-pattern model of a buzzard
19th century
(Eichelhäher mit Eichhornchen) after a model by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1739), painted in colours and naturalistically modelled as a large bird of prey with elaborate plumage in various shades of grey and brown, perched on a high treetrunk applied with a squirrel perched on a trailing branch, further with patches of moss and various insects (restored to the extremity of one wing)
35.5cm. high
See illustration
19th century
(Eichelhäher mit Eichhornchen) after a model by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1739), painted in colours and naturalistically modelled as a large bird of prey with elaborate plumage in various shades of grey and brown, perched on a high treetrunk applied with a squirrel perched on a trailing branch, further with patches of moss and various insects (restored to the extremity of one wing)
35.5cm. high
See illustration
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