A LARGE WHITE MEISSEN MODEL OF A PADUA ROOSTER (PADUANER HAHN)
PROPERTY OF A CENTRAL AMERICAN FAMILY (LOT 512)
A LARGE WHITE MEISSEN MODEL OF A PADUA ROOSTER (PADUANER HAHN)

CIRCA 1921, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK WITH THREE INCISIONS, IMPRESSED SWORDS AND WEISS MARK, INCISED B144 AND IMPRESSED 104D, AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER, REINTRODUCED BY ERICH OEHME

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A LARGE WHITE MEISSEN MODEL OF A PADUA ROOSTER (PADUANER HAHN)
CIRCA 1921, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK WITH THREE INCISIONS, IMPRESSED SWORDS AND WEISS MARK, INCISED B144 AND IMPRESSED 104D, AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER, REINTRODUCED BY ERICH OEHME
Naturalistically modelled crowing perched astride a bundle of wheat, a few grains clasped in his claws
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Samuel Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meissener Tiere, Die Menagerie Augusts des Starken für das Japanische Palais in Dresden, Düsseldorf, 2004, p. 183, pl. 168 for an illustration of an 18th century model now in the Porzellansammlung Dresden, and p. 325 for detailed discussion of the 18th century model. This model was originally conceived and executed by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1732, and later adapted and reintroduced by Erich Oehme in April 1921. Also see Dr. K. Berling, ed., Meissen China: An Illustrated History, New York, 1972, p. 14, fig. 4; and an anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 24 May 1993, lot 97 for a brightly coloured example.

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