A pair of Meissen bison hunting groups circa 1750

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Description

crossed swords in underglaze-blue
23.5cm., 9 1/4 in. and 25cm., 9 3/4 in. long

modelled by J.J. Kändler, each depicting hunting dogs attacking a bison, the dogs' coats shaded in brown, one with a leopard beneath the bison, the bison coats shaded in grey and the dogs' coats in brown, the bases densely applied with leaves and flowers

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's London, 7th October 1996, lot 457

Catalogue Note

Kändler's Taxa of 1740-48 records: 1 mit 3 Hunden kämpfender Stier oder Ochse, in grimmiger action vorgestellt. 8 Thlr. [one ox or bull fighting three hounds, depicted in fierce action]. Other examples of the group, which was executed in several variations, are illustrated by R.Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, pl.282, no.1152, and M.Kunze-Koellensperger, Alexanders Tiere, cat.no.14.