MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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Price Realised USD 3,780

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODEL OF A SQUIRREL

MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Price Realised USD 3,780

Modeled seated on its haunches, clasping a nut in its paws, a pink collar and gilt chain tethering it to an oval rockwork base applied with flowers and foliage
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 3 June 1969, lot 29.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 1973, lot 100.

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The Meissen manufactory produced various models of squirrels in the 18^thcentury, with the present model probably introduced around 1749. According to Kändler's Taxa, he first modeled a pair of squirrels in August 1732: 'Zwei Eichhörnigen' (two squirrels) and afterwards in September 1733, 'Ein kleines Eichhörngen' (a small squirrel). An example of this model, in the Collection of Sir Gawaine & Lady Baillie, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 1 May 2013, lot 76, and another by Christie's, London, 12 November 2020, lot 109.