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A MEISSEN TEAPOT AND A COVER
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A MEISSEN TEAPOT AND A COVER

CIRCA 1735-38, THE COVER 20TH CENTURY

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A MEISSEN TEAPOT AND A COVER
CIRCA 1735-38, THE COVER 20TH CENTURY
Modelled by J.J. Kändler as a female monkey seated on her haunches with a gilt-edged green belt around her waist, with two young, one held before her forming the spout, the other on her back forming the handle and biting into a fruit, the interior of the fruit with a pierced opening, the top of the fruit forming the cover (replacement cover, restoration to fruit finial, some retouching to green enamel on belt)
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

Kändler's work record of July 1735, XXIII, sheet 259, records: '1 Thee Pot in Gestalt eines Affens, welchen einen Jungen auf dem Rücken und einen vorne in den Händen hält, woraus der Thee laufen thut, geändert und in gehörige Gestalt gebracht, sitzt auf einem kleinen Postamentgen, woran er mit einer Kette und Vorlege-Schloß befestiget ist'. A similar example is illustrated by Ingelore Menzhausen, In Porzellan verzaubert (Basel, 1993), no. 191 and also by Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the XVIII Century (London, 1972), Vol. I, pp. 530-531, where the author lists other known examples.

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