Sale 6925
London
|
5 July 2004
Price realised
GBP 2,032
Estimate
A Meissen model of leopard CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO SIDE OF BASE Modelled to the right seated on its haunches with its tail curled beneath its back right leg, with its jaws open revealing a red mouth, with red markings about its yellow and black eyes, its white coat with black spots, on a shaped oval green-washed mound base applied with coloured flowers and foliage (restoration to teeth and ears, very slight restoration to tips of front claws and one rear claw, restoration and chipping to flowers and foliage) 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Literature
Guttmann Catalogue, no. 79.
A similar example is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966) no. 1052.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
As Christie’s offers 178 works from his personal collection, the illustrator of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory offers us a glimpse of his creative process
Christie’s is auctioning some of Thomas Chippendale's most iconic designs, 300 years since the birth of Britain’s most famous furniture maker