Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP OF BILLING DOVES
Lot 208

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP OF BILLING DOVES

CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed9 May 2018

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP OF BILLING DOVES
CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Naturalistically modeled with their beaks interlocked
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high

Nelson A. Rockefeller.
A Collection Formed by Nelson A. Rockefeller and offered for the Benefit of his Estate; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 176.
Laurance S. Rockefeller (acquired at the above auction through The Antique Porcelain Company, New York).
The Estate of Laurance S. Rockefeller, acquired 11 July 2004.

Specialist note

This group was first modeled in 1738. For a similar example, see C. Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere, Berlin, 1959, fig. 114.