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Lot Essay
Part of Augustus III's Royal Court Pantry, this pair would have been set on the table during banquets with hunting-themed decorations. Peter Reinicke’s work report for November 1747 records: Einen Wolff gefertiget und boussirt [1 Wolf made and finished], which presumably refers to the present models (see Sarah-Katharina Andres-Acevedo, Die Autonomen Figürlichen Plastiken Johann Joachim Kaendlers und seiner Werkstatt, Stuttgart, 2023, vol. 1, p. 307).
A single wolf model is illustrated by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Alexanders Tiere, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Berlin, 1999, vol. VII, p. 29 and p. 111, no. 7, which was later sold from the Gutmann Collection by Christie's, London, on 5 July 2004, lot 156. Only a small number of examples of this rare model have appeared on the market, including: those in the Fischer Collection sold by J.M. Herberle on 25 October 1906, lots 996 and 996a; a pair sold at Christie's, London, on 7 October 1996, lot 459; and a single example (also with a K.H.C. mark) sold at Christie's, London, on 20 October 2006, lot 749.
A single wolf model is illustrated by Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Alexanders Tiere, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Berlin, 1999, vol. VII, p. 29 and p. 111, no. 7, which was later sold from the Gutmann Collection by Christie's, London, on 5 July 2004, lot 156. Only a small number of examples of this rare model have appeared on the market, including: those in the Fischer Collection sold by J.M. Herberle on 25 October 1906, lots 996 and 996a; a pair sold at Christie's, London, on 7 October 1996, lot 459; and a single example (also with a K.H.C. mark) sold at Christie's, London, on 20 October 2006, lot 749.