Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A LION AND A LIONESS
Lot 153

A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A LION AND A LIONESS

CIRCA 1750, THE LION WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE, THE LIONESS WITH TRACES OF MARK GROUND FROM FRONT EDGE OF BASE, THE DECORATION PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2021

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A LION AND A LIONESS
CIRCA 1750, THE LION WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BACK OF BASE, THE LIONESS WITH TRACES OF MARK GROUND FROM FRONT EDGE OF BASE, THE DECORATION PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Probably modelled by J.J. Kändler, each seated on their haunches with one foreleg raised, the lioness modelled with a cub, on rocky mound bases applied with flowers and foliage
The lion 5 1⁄4 in. (13.3 cm.) high

Specialist note


R.G. Vater Collection no. 536 (paper collection label attached to the underside of the lioness).

Another pair is illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Jagdliches Meißner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 2005, p. 74, no. 19.

A similar pair from the collection of Laurence S. Rockefeller, were sold by Sotheby's, New York, on 12 October 2005, lot 479. A further ormolu-mounted pair (mounted as part of a clock garniture) was sold from the Peggy and David Rockefeller collection by Christie's, New York, on 10 May 2018, lot 715.