A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF ROLLERS, CIRCA 1740-45
Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF MEISSEN FIGURES OF ROLLERS
CIRCA 1740-45
modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler and Johann Gottlieb Ehder, each perched on a high stump applied with heart-shaped leaves, one with a small bird perched in a nest below, applied with a small beetle, the other applied with a large beetle and two caterpillars
height 13 in.
33.1 cm
Property from the Estate of the Late Giuseppe Rossi, Sotheby's London, 10 March, 1999, lot 513
See footnote to lot 203.
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.