Lot 1398 D α

A Meissen porcelain figure of a putto on a dolphin

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 1.600 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.512 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain figure of a putto on a dolphin

Blue crossed swords mark. Mass with faults due to kiln ash. Both arms, the toes and the dolphin's fins restored. H 10.5 cm.
Around 1740, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein, after 1737.

Literature

Cf. Pietsch (ed.), Schwanenservice. Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Dresden-Berlin 200, cat. no. 98, for the dolphin of the same model but without a rider, in the collection of the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, inv. no. 6104.