Paire de faisans en porcelaine de Meissen du XVIIIe siècle, vers 1743-1745

sur des bases ornées de blé, la femelle accompagnée de trois poussins, décor polychrome, marqués : épées croisées en bleu ; (queues restaurées, éclats)

Les deux queues restaurées, la porcelaine présente sous la restauration de la queue du mâle, la moitié de la queue de la femelle semble être un remplacement en plâtre. Eclats aux becs de la femme et de deux poussins. Eclat à la queue d'un poussin. Quelques éclats aux épis de blé. Both tails restored, original porcelain still there on male'as tail, half of female's tail seems to be a plaster replacement. Chips to beaks of female and chicks. Chip to tail of a chick. Some chips to wheat.
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Deux faisans du même modèle figuraient dans la collection de Sir Gawaine et Lady Baillie (Sotheby’s, Londres, 1er mai 2013, lot 27).