CIRCA 1741-1745, SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODEL OF A LION
CIRCA 1741-1745, SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Modeled with one paw raised, looking up and with its jaws open, on a mound base applied with flowers and foliage
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long

Provenance

With The Antique Porcelain Company, New York, 1950s.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984) from the above.

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Lot Essay

Johann Joachim Kändler created a model of this type for Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland in 1741. Rainer Rückert illustrates a lion in the Schneider Collection, Munich, very similar to the present lot, which he dates as circa 1751 due to the model number 1515⁽¹⁾, however, current scholarship supports a dating of 1741. Kändler’s Taxa for 1740-1744 records: 1 Löwe, mittelmässiger Grösse, liegend mit offenen Rachen, vor Ihre Konigl. Maj._4. Thlr.- [1 lion, medium size, recumbent with open jaws, for his Royal Majesty, 4 Thalers]⁽²⁾.

1. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, 1966, pl. 262, and p. 191, nos. 1058 and 1059.
2. Cited by Johannes Rafael, ‘Zur “Taxa Kaendler”’ in Keramos 203⁄204, 2009, p. 49, no. 36.

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