TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF GUINEA-FOWL (PERLHUHN)

CIRCA 1740

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TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF GUINEA-FOWL (PERLHUHN)
CIRCA 1740
Each naturalistically modeled and perched astride a tree-stump with leafy branches, one with turquoise reeds and a red flower
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, the slightly taller

Provenance

The Collection of the late Max Hoffmann of Basel; Christie’s, London, 21 November 2005, lot 116.
With Albert Amor, London.
Private Collection, Pennsylvania.

Exhibited

Geneva, Switzerland, Musée Ariana, Au pays de l’or blanc, 1999.

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Lot Essay

The factory records list the model in September 1741: Eine Perl Hennne in Thon poussirt von mittelmassiger Grosse, welche ebenfalls Compagnon gegen eine andere Perlhenne abgeben soll, damitsolche Stucke allzeit gegeneinander sehen. Similar models are illustrated by C. Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18.Jahrhundert , 1937 ed., no. 136, and R. Ruckert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, nos. 1129 and 1130.

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