A porcelain group of billing doves
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 468
Meissen, around 1750. A pair of doves sitting on a terrestrial pedestal,painted in a naturalistic manner. Prof. rest. H. 10 cm. - German porcelain modeller and sculptor, taught by the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, whose baroque influence is especially visible in his animal figures, in 1731 appointed court sculptor by August the Strong, at the same time beginning his work for porcelain manufacture Meissen, which he directs for many years, his works are among the highlights of early European porcelain.
Johann Joachim Kaendler: A porcelain group of billing doves
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A porcelain group of billing doves
Lot-No. 468
Meissen, around 1750. A pair of doves sitting on a terrestrial pedestal,painted in a naturalistic manner. Prof. rest. H. 10 cm. - German porcelain modeller and sculptor, taught by the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, whose baroque influence is especially visible in his animal figures, in 1731 appointed court sculptor by August the Strong, at the same time beginning his work for porcelain manufacture Meissen, which he directs for many years, his works are among the highlights of early European porcelain.
