CIRCA 1745-50, HUNTRESS WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO BACK OF BASE AND O MARK IN IRON-RED

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TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF A HUNTER AND HUNTRESS
CIRCA 1745-50, HUNTRESS WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO BACK OF BASE AND O MARK IN IRON-RED
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, each standing holding a rifle, the hunter with a hound at his feet, on mound bases applied with flowers and foliage
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high

Literature

Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 35, pl. V.
Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Jagdliches Meißner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 2005, p. 66, cat. nos 5 and 6.
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Sammlung Ritter Kempski von Rakoszyn: Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, 2008, p. 68, no. 43.

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

Eberlein's work records for December 1743 record: Einen Jäger, wie seine Büchße laden thut, auch die Jagd-Tasche mit Rephühnern auf dem Rücken hat, und einen Hund neben sich, in thon verfertiget and Ein Frauenzimmer in Jagd-Habit, mit der Büchße im Arm angelegt, indicating the figures were conceived as a pair. Kändler's work records for October 1744 and March 1745, suggesting that he may have made some slight alterations to these models or similar models in those years.

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