CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE

Details

A MEISSEN MODEL OF A PLAYING BEAR
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, on its haunches with forelegs raised, the mound base applied with leaves
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high

Literature

Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Jagdliches Meißner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 2005, p. 73, cat. no. 17.
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Sammlung Ritter Kempski von Rakoszyn: Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, 2008, p. 43, no. 28.

Exhibited

Porzellan Parforce, Schloss Moritzburg bei Dresden 2005; Porzellan Parforce, Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf 2005; Porzellan Parforce, Knauf-Museum, Iphofen 2006.

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Lot Essay

Kändler's Taxa of 1740-48 records: 2 Bären nach der Natur in thon boussirt, wie solche gegen einander spielen, vor die Printzeßen von Herford, jeder a 2 Thlr. This may refer to a larger pair of playing bears commissioned by the Princess of Herford, after which this smaller version, probably intended for table decoration, was modelled.

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