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Lot 46 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain figure as an allegory of Africa

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 2.394 € (incl. premium)

A rare Meissen porcelain figure as an allegory of Africa

Depicting a standing male figure with a feather crown and an elephant skin. Restored, the base filled. H 16.5 cm.
Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and workshop, 1759.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

This model in Bergmann, Meissen Figures, Erlangen 2017, cat. no. 1673 with model no. 2657.