THE PORCELAIN FIGURE CIRCA 1745, MODELLED BY J.J. KAENDLER, THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU, MEISSEN PORCELAIN AND TOLE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRUM
The porcelain figure circa 1745, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the ormolu 19th Century
The cross-legged lady with a yellow bird perched on her left knee and holding a fan in her right hand, wearing a pale puce and white leafy hat and dressed in a white robe decorated with indianische Blumen, with blue scalloped collar and deep sleeves, a single yellow shoe showing above the octagonal base, issuing two leaf-wreathed candlebranches with rocaille nozzles and oak leaf drip-pans, and an adjustable fan-shaped candle-shade decorated with simulated lacquer with shan shui, on a pierced rocaille, C-scroll and flower-cast base, the shade largely redecorated, left hand repaired, clasp to edge of hat, regilt
14½in. (37 cm.) high; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide

Provenance

René Fribourg; Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1963, lot 492.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1978, lot 77 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. K-15).

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Lot Essay

The Meissen pagoda figure is one of a pair modelled by J. J. Kaendler in 1745.

Related porcelain figures are illustrated in Connaissance des Arts, September 1963, p. 84, and in the catalogue of the Eric von Goldschmidt-Rothschild Collection (sold Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 23-25 March 1931, no. 444, pl. 81 and no. 794, pl. 71)
The overall form of this amusing candelabrum, with its adjustable tole shade and seated chinoiserie figure, relates to a candelabrum with Chinese porcelain figure sold from the Alexander Collection, Christie's, New York, 30 April 1999, lot 28.

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