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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF EUROPEAN GOLDFINCHES (DISTELFINK)
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF EUROPEAN GOLDFINCHES (DISTELFINK)
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Ceramics from the Collection of Marjorie West
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF EUROPEAN GOLDFINCHES (DISTELFINK)

CIRCA 1740-50, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE BASE OF ONE, THE MODELS PROBABLY BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF EUROPEAN GOLDFINCHES (DISTELFINK)
CIRCA 1740-50, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO THE BASE OF ONE, THE MODELS PROBABLY BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Each modeled perched on a tree-stump issuing leafy branches, facing opposing directions
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See the examples illustrated by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, cat. nos. 1113-4. Also compare the pair from the Irwin Untermyer collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession nos. 64.101.1 and 2.

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