A Figure 'Harlequin with a Lidded Jug'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 337
Meissen, the model around 1738-40, made 1st half 20th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Model no. '3060', impressed '1220'. H. 16 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 Figure 'Harlequin with a Lidded Jug'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Figure 'Harlequin with a Lidded Jug'
Lot-No. 337
Meissen, the model around 1738-40, made 1st half 20th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Model no. '3060', impressed '1220'. H. 16 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.