Modeled standing, one grazing
5⅝ in. (14.3 cm.) high, the taller

Acquired from J. Rochelle Thomas, London, July 1947.

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, p. 77, no. 60.

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Lot Essay

While I was in London on my first trip back after World War II, I bought a number of porcelain figures and services from J. Rochelle Thomas. This pair of Meissen sheep was among them.
D.R.