A rare porcelain group 'Mezzetin and young lady with birdcage'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meißen 1775)
Lot-No. 300
Meissen, around 1740/41. Polychrome paint. On a base with sculptural flowers standing lovers in a tender embrace, the young lady holding a birdcage. Slight crossed swords mark at the unglazed bottom. Prof. rest. H. 17,5 cm. - Literature: U. Pietsch (Hrsg.): Frühes Meissener Porzellan. Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Porzellansammlungen. München 1997, S. 246, Abb. 200. - 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 rare porcelain group 'Mezzetin and young lady with birdcage'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meißen 1775)
A rare porcelain group 'Mezzetin and young lady with birdcage'
Lot-No. 300
Meissen, around 1740/41. Polychrome paint. On a base with sculptural flowers standing lovers in a tender embrace, the young lady holding a birdcage. Slight crossed swords mark at the unglazed bottom. Prof. rest. H. 17,5 cm. - Literature: U. Pietsch (Hrsg.): Frühes Meissener Porzellan. Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Porzellansammlungen. München 1997, S. 246, Abb. 200. - 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.