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
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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
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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THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION OF LATER DATE, MODELED BY J.J KÄNDLERTWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONTINENTS EUROPE AND AMERICAEstimate: USD 4,000 - 6,000
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Overall typical small chips and restoration to the applied flowers and foliage. Minor wear to gilding and enamels. Some small typical firing cracks in the making. Further issues enumerated below.
America - Restoration to her left foot, the bottom of her cornucopia, a number of leaves and palm fronds, and the parrot's tail. The tip of the alligator's tail broken off and restuck. An X-shaped crack to the base running through the alligator's rump and chest, all emanating from a large firing crack (in the making) that runs at the back hem of her feathered cape. With scattered small chips to the applied flowers and foliage, including a larger chip to one leaf behind the horse.
Europe - Restoration to her left arm starting at the elbow, her left toes and right foot, to the top of her orb, crown, and scepter. Further restoration to the horse's ears, forelegs, tail, and a section of the reins. The globe restored through its pedestal base. Some firing cracks to the base in the making.
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THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION OF LATER DATE, MODELED BY J.J KÄNDLERTWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE CONTINENTS EUROPE AND AMERICAEstimate: USD 4,000 - 6,000
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