A small Meissen figure of a cock pheasant circa 1750-60

modelled by J. J. Kändler, leaning forward, with blue face and green head, its brown plumage picked out in black, standing on a mossy short stump (some restoration)

Christie's London, 14th June 1994, lot 154

the tail shortened and restored, base filled, beak restored and small repair to edge of base
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For the model, see Albiker (1959), no.127. The first version was created by Kändler in 1735 wih the bird modelled among ears of corn; see the pair sold at Christie's, 7th July 1997, lot 361.

For this somewhat later version, see the pair sold at Sotheby's London, 9th October 1984, lot 224; and an ormolu confection incorporating the pair, sold from the Henry Ford collection at Sotheby's New York, 23rd February 1978, lot 53.