THE MONKEYS CIRCA 1750, THE MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO J.J. KÄNDLER; THE PORCELAIN FLOWERS 18TH CENTURY AND LATER, THE ORMOLU BASES 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF MONKEYS
THE MONKEYS CIRCA 1750, THE MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO J.J. KÄNDLER; THE PORCELAIN FLOWERS 18TH CENTURY AND LATER, THE ORMOLU BASES 19TH CENTURY
Each animal modeled seated, the male monkey attached to a short tree-stump by a chain around his waist, a pile of nuts or seeds in his apron, more in his left hand, the female monkey seated, an apple in her hand, a young monkey at her side, each on a pierced ormolu scrolling foliate base
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high, overall

Provenance

With The Antique Porcelain Company, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 17 December 1962.

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Lot Essay

Compare the monkeys illustrated by C. Albiker, Die Meissener Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1959, nos. 165 and 166 and the single female monkey illustrated by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, taf. 264, no. 1062, where he attributes the model to Kändler.

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