A MEISSEN MODEL OF A RECUMBENT LION WITH AN ORB, CIRCA 1750 |

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

18cm., 7 1/8 in. high

modelled crouching with one paw resting on a jeweled orb, its head looking up, on a mound base applied with oak leaves and fungus

Literature

Newman, M., Die deutschen porzellan-Manufakturen, Vol. I., p.101, pl.99. The author suggests that this rare model of a lion resting it's forepaw on an orb may have been made for a specific Royal or Princely commission.