A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain sheep , after a model by Johann Joachim Käendler, mid 18th century
No reserve
Lot Closed
June 25, 11:16 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
We may charge or debit your saved payment method subject to the terms set out in our Conditions of Business for Buyers.
Read more.Lot Details
Description
standing supported on a tree stump on a mound base with flowers and leaves, on a gilt-bronze scroll-edged base, no visible marks
Haut. 17,3 cm, larg. 21 cm
Height 7 in, width 8 ¼ in
Christie's, New York, 23 May 1995, lot 88;
Christie's, London, 5 July 2004, lot 183 (part).
A similar sheep in Meissen porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. 834-1882.
The sheep model appears in Kändler's workbooks in April 1747 as "Etliche Schaafe von feiner Grösse, sowohl stehende als liegende, corrigiret, zerschnitten" and then in Reinicke's records the following month as "1 liegend Schaf zum Basseng in thon boussiert."