Lot 138
Lot 138
TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONTINENTS EUROPE AND AMERICA

THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION OF LATER DATE, MODELED BY J.J KÄNDLER

Price Realised USD 3,750
Estimate
USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
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TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONTINENTS EUROPE AND AMERICA

THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION OF LATER DATE, MODELED BY J.J KÄNDLER

Price Realised USD 3,750
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Price Realised USD 3,750
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Each female modeled holding their continent's respective attributes, Europe riding a horse and America an alligator
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm) high, Europe
Provenance
With the Antique Porcelain Company, New York, 1959 (America).
Brought to you by
Casey Rogers
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Lot Essay

Compare the four Continents in the Pauls Collection, Basel, see P.W. Meister and H. Reber, European Porcelain of the 18th Century, Oxford, 1983, p. 163, nos. 278 & 290. Also compare the four from the Nelson Rockefeller collection, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 194 and those illustrated by. Y. Adams, Meissen Figures, 1730-1775 The Kaendler Period, Atglen, 2001, pp, 182-3, nos. 491-4. For a set of the same models on ormolu bases, see Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 269.

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