A MEISSEN MODEL OF A SPARROW HAWK AND PREY
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A MEISSEN MODEL OF A SPARROW HAWK AND PREY

MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER, INCISED 0 AND WITH TWO INCISIONS OR POSSIBLY 110, CIRCA 1740

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A MEISSEN MODEL OF A SPARROW HAWK AND PREY
MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER, INCISED 0 AND WITH TWO INCISIONS OR POSSIBLY 110, CIRCA 1740
The hawk perched on a treestump, pecking at the entrails of the smaller bird that is its prey, the treestump applied with funghi and leaves
11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere, Berlin, 1935, Tafel XXVIII, Abb. 105 for another example of this model and Abb. 103 for its pendent, a sparrow hawk with mouse. These two, the example of the pendant sold Christie's New York, 24 May 2001, lot 421, and the present example are all painted with the same distinctive feather pattern.

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