Lot Essay
See Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert (Berlin, 1959), no. 163 for another example. 18th Century examples of this model are extremely rare.
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CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS 3 MARK
Details
A MEISSEN MODEL OF A RECUMBENT LEOPARD
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS 3 MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with its tail curled around its flank, its incised beige coat with black spots, with a white chest, grey muzzle, yellow and black eyes, grey paws and black claws (left foreleg cracked or restuck, minute chipping to claws and ears)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS 3 MARK
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, with its tail curled around its flank, its incised beige coat with black spots, with a white chest, grey muzzle, yellow and black eyes, grey paws and black claws (left foreleg cracked or restuck, minute chipping to claws and ears)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long
Exhibited
Musée Ariana, Geneva, 1999.
Special notice
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