Lot 990 D α

A Meissen porcelain model of a partridge.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, Furniture, Bronzes, Carpets
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
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A Meissen porcelain model of a partridge.

A Meissen porcelain model of a partridge. Blue crossed swords mark faintly visible to the unglazed underside, pressnummer 57. Tiny chips to the tips of the wheat sheafs. H 14.8 cm.
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, after 1740.

Provenance

Aristocratic ownership, Germany.

Literature

A further example in the porcelain collection in Dresden (cat. Porzellan Parforce, Munich 2005, no. 36). Kaendler's records for 1740 list the first life size pair of partridges, this smaller example was probably modelled around the same time.
Cf. Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 1141 f., an identical bird with a pendant in the former Dr. Ernst Schneider collection
Cf. Röbbig, Kabinettstücke, Munich 2006, no. 45, an example mounted in bronze.