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Lot 272 Dα

A Meissen porcelain mandarin duck by Max Esser

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.520 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain mandarin duck by Max Esser

Inscribed "M. Esser.1923" in black to the back of the plinth, blue crossed swords mark, incised model no. G 259, 69 in iron red. Restored chips to the right side of the comb, the tip of the tail, two claws and the leaf tips. H 37.3 cm.
Model by Max Esser, 1921, painted 1923.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Cf. Walcha, Meißner Porzellan, Dresden 1973, illus. 232.
Cf. also Marusch-Krohn, Meissener Porzellan 1918 - 1933 Die Pfeifferzeit, Leipzig 1993, for the illus. on the dust jacket and p. 109, which features an excerpt from the factory archives from 1st June 1919, where Max Esser documented the completion of these duck models, of which there were 11 original pieces, for the manufactory. This model with a raised head was first produced in 1921.
This model in Bergmann, Meissen Künstler-Figuren Modellnummern A 100 - Z 300, Erlangen 2010, cat. no. 1073.