A Figure Group 'Harvest of Cherries'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 327
Meissen, midth 18th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Rococo group of a gallant couple and 2 boys during the harvest of cherries. Crossed swords mark. Prof. rest. H. 26 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 Group 'Harvest of Cherries'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Figure Group 'Harvest of Cherries'
Lot-No. 327
Meissen, midth 18th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Rococo group of a gallant couple and 2 boys during the harvest of cherries. Crossed swords mark. Prof. rest. H. 26 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.