A Porcelain Figure 'Gardener with Plum Basket'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 365
Meissen, 20th cent. Polychrome paint. Crossed swords mark. Finger very min. chipped. H. 11,5 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 Figure 'Gardener with Plum Basket'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Porcelain Figure 'Gardener with Plum Basket'
Lot-No. 365
Meissen, 20th cent. Polychrome paint. Crossed swords mark. Finger very min. chipped. H. 11,5 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.