Lot 118
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TWO MEISSEN BISON HUNTING GROUPS
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TWO MEISSEN BISON HUNTING GROUPS

CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS

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TWO MEISSEN BISON HUNTING GROUPS
CIRCA 1755, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Modelled by J.J. Kändler to the left and right, each with a bison being attacked by three hounds, the bison with brown markings, the hounds with light-brown and grey markings, on mound bases applied with coloured flowers and leaves (some chipping to extremities of both groups, left bison with replacement tail and horns lacking, hounds with two tails of two legs partially lacking, one rear leg restuck and one foreleg lacking from time of manufacture, right bison with a replacement horn, chipping to tail, one hound's tail lacking)
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
The late Mrs Meyer Sassoon
By descent to the late Mrs Derek FitzGerald, of Heathfield Park, and by descent to the present owner.
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Lot Essay

An example similar to the left hand group is illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch et al., 'Porzellan Parforce, Jagdliches Meissner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts' Exhibition Catalogue (Munich, 2005), p. 71, Kat. No. 14.

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