Lot Essay
Cf. C. Albiker, Meissener Porzellantiere (Berlin 1959), ill.70
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CIRCA 1900
Details
A very large Meissen white model of a Vulture
Circa 1900
(Kronengeier) after a model by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner with the assistance of Johann Joachim Kaendler for the Japanese Palace (1734), the naturalistically modelled bird with elaborate plumage, its head bending forward, perched on a gnarled treetrunk applied with a branch (discoloured restorations)
58cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1900
(Kronengeier) after a model by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner with the assistance of Johann Joachim Kaendler for the Japanese Palace (1734), the naturalistically modelled bird with elaborate plumage, its head bending forward, perched on a gnarled treetrunk applied with a branch (discoloured restorations)
58cm. high
See illustration
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