A pair of Meissen models of doves, circa 1756

modelled by J.J. Kändler, each naturalistically modelled and painted in shades of brown and grey, standing amongst reeds and wheat ears on a mound base moulded with gilt-edged scrolls,

Ulrich Pietsch, Preziosen, einer süddeutschen Kunstsammlung, 2001, p. 62

Dove on right in photograph- restoration to tip of beak. Restored through neck.Some restoration to wheat ears and leaves.Chip and restoration to three claws on right foot. minor restoration to claws on left foot. Dove on left- restoration to beak. Restored through neck. Restoration to end of one wing feather. Some restoration to wheat ears and reeds. Some restoration to ends of claws.
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Similar examples of this model are illustrated by; C. Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, 1935, pl. XXX, no. 117, and Albiker, 1959, no. 139, (one only). The same examples, from the Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer Collection, are illustrated by U.Pietsch (ed.), Die Figürliche Meissner Porrzellanplastik von Gottlieb Kirchner und Johann Joachim Kaendler, 2006, nos 255-256. These were subsequently sold by Bonhams, London, 8th December, 2010, lot 57. Another, from the Dr. Ernst Schneider Collection, Schloss Lusthiem, is published by R.Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, 1966, pl. 276, no. 1122. Another pair was sold at Christie's, London, 24th February, 1997, lot 277 (catalogued as terns). A pair of the same models, coloured as partridges, from the estate of Laurance S. Rockefeller, was sold by Sotheby's, New York, 11-12th October, 2005, lot 210.