A MEISSEN WHITE PORCELAIN LARGE MODEL OF A COCKEREL, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY |

Paduaner Hahn (Haubenhahn), after the model by J. J. Kändler, naturalistically posed crowing, perched upon a bundle of wheat, grasping grains in his claws, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 43, incised B144 to rear of base, incised B 144 to underside, 

In overall good appearance and in generally good condition. There is minor chipping only, one talon on each foot and three tail feathers are chipped. A chip to a short back feather has been restored.
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The model was originally conceived J. J. Kändler in 1732 for the menagerie of porcelain animals at the Japanese Palace in Dresden, where two still exist in the porcelain collection. See Samuel Wittwer, The Gallery of Meissen Animals, Munich, 2006, pp. 183-184, 333. where the author notes that the amended version of the model was reintroduced by modeller Erich Oehme in 1921.