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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CALIFORNIAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF BIRDS

CIRCA 1756, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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    A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF BIRDS

    CIRCA 1756, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
    Details
    Each bird naturalistically modeled with white, brown and grey feathers, standing astride a mound base applied with grasses and molded with gilt scrollwork
    81⁄2 in. (21.4 cm.) high
    Provenance
    Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 June 2015, lot 23.
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    Lot Essay

    See C. Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, 1959, no. 139 and R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966 pp. 197 and 276, no. 1121 for single examples of this charming model, which is noted as being a 'Seeschwalbe' or tern, though appears more like a dove or pigeon.

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