A pair of extraordinary, tall ormolu girandoles with Kaendler porcelain figures
Lot-No. 303
Porcelain figures Meissen, around 1740-45, gilded bronze mount probably made in France, 18th cent. The girandoles on a rocaille base with a large porcelain figure each, 3 acanthus-shaped chandelier arms. The polychrome painted porcelain figures - a gardener with basket and a woman with a large pannier as flower-holders are modelled by J. J. Kaendler. The figures h. 27 cm, overall h. 59 cm. - Literature: Comp. to the porcelain figures: A. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, p. 438, no. 320 und p. 439, no. 321 (with reference list).
A pair of extraordinary, tall ormolu girandoles with Kaendler porcelain figures
A pair of extraordinary, tall ormolu girandoles with Kaendler porcelain figures
Lot-No. 303
Porcelain figures Meissen, around 1740-45, gilded bronze mount probably made in France, 18th cent. The girandoles on a rocaille base with a large porcelain figure each, 3 acanthus-shaped chandelier arms. The polychrome painted porcelain figures - a gardener with basket and a woman with a large pannier as flower-holders are modelled by J. J. Kaendler. The figures h. 27 cm, overall h. 59 cm. - Literature: Comp. to the porcelain figures: A. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, p. 438, no. 320 und p. 439, no. 321 (with reference list).