A rare porcelain figure 'Tailor'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 472
Meissen, around 1750. Polychrome paint. Crossed swords mark at the reverse side of the plinth. H. 22,5 cm. - Literature: P. W. Meister: Sammlung Pauls, Porzellan des 18. Jh., Frankfurt am Main 1967, vol. 1, p. 418/419. - 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 figure 'Tailor'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A rare porcelain figure 'Tailor'
Lot-No. 472
Meissen, around 1750. Polychrome paint. Crossed swords mark at the reverse side of the plinth. H. 22,5 cm. - Literature: P. W. Meister: Sammlung Pauls, Porzellan des 18. Jh., Frankfurt am Main 1967, vol. 1, p. 418/419. - 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.