A rare Meissen porcelain model of a snow grouse - image-1

Lot 611 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain model of a snow grouse

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.232 € (incl. premium)

A rare Meissen porcelain model of a snow grouse

Blue crossed swords mark, model no. "C2" and "x", impressed "43". A chip to the beak tip. H 8.7 cm.
Late 18th / 19th C.; the model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1768.

Literature

Probably identifiable with the piece mentioned in Kaendler's workshop records in March 1768 as: "5. Ein klein Modell in gestalt eines Calacoutsch Hahns Corrigiret, und das erforderliche Natürliche darein gebracht, und so dann zerschnitten." (Pietsch, Leipzig 2002, p. 169).