Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE GROUP
Lot 330

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE GROUP

CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed9 May 2018

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE GROUP
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Modeled as Apollo and Minerva, each crowned with a laurel wreath, Apollo with a quiver and lyre, Minerva in armor, holding aloft between them a plaque showing putti at harvest, with a similar scene shown to the rocaille-molded panel applied to the base
13 in. (33 cm.) high

With J. Rochelle Thomas, London.
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1936-48.
Winthrop Rockefeller, 1958-73.
The Estate of Winthrop Rockefeller, acquired August 1974.

Specialist note

This group is from a set of the Seasons, the designs for which are taken from a series of four tapestries representing the Seasons designed by Charles Le Brun (1619-90). For a similar example see U. Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706-1775, Leipzig, 2002, pp. 126-127.