20TH CENTURY, INCISED AND IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND INCISED VI TO BACK OF BASE, INCISED NO. 54 TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE

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A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN WHITE MODEL OF A MACAW 'ABSTEIGENDER ARA'
20TH CENTURY, INCISED AND IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND INCISED VI TO BACK OF BASE, INCISED NO. 54 TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE
Naturalistically modelled after J.J. Kändler perched on a tree-stump
49 ½ in. (125.6 cm.) high overall

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Lot Essay

For a discussion of this model of a macaw modelled by Kändler for the Japanese Palace in Dresden, see Samuel Wittwer, The Gallery of Meissen Animals, Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden, pp. 195-196.

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