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Lot 898 Dα

A rare and early Meissen porcelain dog on its kennel

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
19.05.2023, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Faience
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.560 € (incl. premium)
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A rare and early Meissen porcelain dog on its kennel

Smoothed base with blue crossed swords mark. A chip to the tail, one roof tile and the end of the bone restored. H 9.3, W 7.3, D c. 9 cm.
Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1737, produced soon after.

Kaendler's workshop reports from February 1737 mention a model that corresponds to this design: "A dog's hut altered, and for this purpose 5 dogs poussiret in clay, as an old one lying on the hut and gnawing at a bone...". (in Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 - 1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 45).

Provenance

German private collection, acquired from Röbbig, Munich.

Literature

Cf. Kunze-Köllensperger, Idylle in Porzellan. Kostbare Tischdekoration aus Meissen, Leipzig 1996, p. 52, for the same kennel with three dogs.