A Meissen porcelain cockerel teapot with hare finial - image-1

Lot 610 Dα

A Meissen porcelain cockerel teapot with hare finial

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Bid

A Meissen porcelain cockerel teapot with hare finial

Teapot designed as a crouching rooster with finely painted plumage, the open beak forming the spout and the tail feathers curved round to form the handle. The comb, some small chips to the spout and some claws restored. H 10.6, L 16.5 cm.
Around 1735, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler.

This extraordinary teapot was also based on a Chinese model, namely a wine or teapot made of red Yixing stoneware that was produced in the 17th century. The rooster is a German interpretation of the Fenghuang, phoenix, the sacred firebird of Chinese mythology.

Provenance

German private collection, acquired from Röbbig, Munich.