A Meissen porcelain figure of a cockerel. - image-1

Lot 1047 Dα

A Meissen porcelain figure of a cockerel.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, Furniture, Bronzes, Carpets
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 11.780 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain figure of a cockerel.

A Meissen porcelain figure of a cockerel. Blue crossed swords mark with two cuts to the unglazed bottom. Filled firing cracks, the tail feathers restored. H 79 cm.
Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler (August 1732), remodelled April 1921 by Erich Oehme.

Literature

Cf. Wittwer, Die Galerie der Meißener Tiere, Düsseldorf/Munich 2004, p. 325. The model in: Bergmann, Meissener Künstler-Figuren, Erlangen 2010, no. 7.