拍品 433
  • 433

TWO MEISSEN MODELS OF BEARS, MODELLED BY J.J. KAENDLER, CIRCA 1740 |

估價
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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描述

  • 12.5cm., 4 7/8 in. high
naturalistically modelled standing foursquare, one to the left and the other to the right, finely painted, one with brown markings, the other with brown/black strokes, the lighter coloured example with blue crossed swords mark under one paw

出版

Pietsch, U., Meißner Porzellanplastik von Gottlieb Kirchner und Johann Joachim Kaendler, Munich, 2006, pp. 148-9, no. 218.

Condition

Generally of good appearance. The lighter example has minor chipping to edges of forepaws, with a firing crack to the underside of its belly; the darker example in good order.
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