THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, ONE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO BACK OF BASE, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF LEOPARDS
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, ONE WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO BACK OF BASE, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
Each seated on its haunches on a mound base applied with flowers and leaves, on a pierced rocaille style base
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high

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A similar example of the model is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pl. 260, no. 1052 and another by by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, 'Alexanders Tiere', Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Berlin, 1999, p. 70, no. 79.

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