A PAIR OF MEISSEN GUINEA-FOWL (PERLHUHN)

CIRCA 1745, COLLECTOR'S IRON-RED DE TO BOTH, MODELLED BY J.J. KANDLER

细节

A PAIR OF MEISSEN GUINEA-FOWL (PERLHUHN)
Circa 1745, collector's iron-red DE to both, modelled by J.J. Kandler
Naturalistically modelled to the left and right standing astride reeds, with black and white plumage, their neck feathers tipped in purple, with iron-red combs and wattles, one with turquoise leaves on the base, the other green
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

来源

Property of a New York Collector; Christie's, New York, 23 April 1998, lot 226

拍品专文

See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, nos. 1129, 1130, colourplate XXXI for a discussion of these popular models also known as ormolu-mounted candlesticks and incorporated into other decorative mounts.