PROPERTY FROM THE ANNA-MARIA AND STEPHEN KELLEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A COCKEREL AND HEN
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AT THE BACK, THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A COCKEREL AND HEN
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AT THE BACK, THE MODELS BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Both with impressive head plumage, the cockerel modeled crowing, each on mound base applied with flowers
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, the cock
Lot Essay
For a similar example and the Taxa record, see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, p. 198, no. 1135 and tafel XXXII.
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