Live Auction 10639Christie's Interiors
A PAIR OF MEISSEN GROUPS OF HORSE TAMERS
Lot 362

A PAIR OF MEISSEN GROUPS OF HORSE TAMERS

YEAR CYPHERS FOR 1978 AND 1980, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 67067 AND 67068, PRESSNUMMERN 730 AND 157

Closed24 February 2015

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GBP 2,500

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN GROUPS OF HORSE TAMERS
YEAR CYPHERS FOR 1978 AND 1980, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 67067 AND 67068, PRESSNUMMERN 730 AND 157
Modelled after J.J. Kändler as a blackamoor and a Turk holding rearing white stallions
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

The inspiration for these models by Johann Joachim Kändler came from the the celebrated marble sculptures of the Chevaux de Marly by the French sculptor Guillame Coustou the Elder. These were installed at the Abreuvoir at Marly in 1745, following a commission from Louis XV. Replicas stand at the entrance to the Champs-Élysées in Paris.