A rare Meissen porcelain model of a standing lioness - image-1

Lot 1650 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain model of a standing lioness

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €

A rare Meissen porcelain model of a standing lioness

With anthropomorphic facial expression. Indistinct blue crossed swords mark under the front right paw. H 8.3 cm.
Mid-18th C., attributed to Johann Friedrich Eberlein.

Literature

A further lioness in the Schwerin Landesmuseum (in: Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin 1959, no. 161).