MEISSEN - Lot 132

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MEISSEN - Lot 132
MEISSEN Porcelain pot-pourri polychrome and gold formed by an elephant surmounted by a covered oval cup with wickerwork patterns in light relief, mounted in pot-pourri. The body and the lid are decorated with four four-lobed reserves surrounded by a black net and decorated with gallant scenes in the taste of Watteau. The lid is in the form of a rose and foliage au naturel. The elephant is treated au naturel, the trunk raised, it carries on its back a caparison in the shape of a mantling with a pink background enhanced by gold flowered stems and a yellow seat. After a model by Johann-Joachim Kaendler (1696-1749) and Peter Reinicke (1715-1768) 18th century circa 1740-1745 Chased and gilt bronze mounting with flowers and openwork foliage for the cup and palms and leaves for the base. 18th century, circa 1740-1745. H. Total : 23,5cm L. 16 cm. D. 10,5 cm. Elephant H. 7,5cm L. 13,5cm. (Restoration on the trunk and tusks, missing the end of the tail. Small chips on the petals of the rose) - A similar model in the Cognacq-Jay Museum. - Bibliography: Thérèse Burollet. Cognacq-Jay Museum. Porcelain. City of Paris. Les Presses Artistiques 1983 n° 30 pages 86, 87 and 88. - Presented and reproduced in the catalogue of the exhibition "La Fabrique de l'Extravagance". Porcelains of Meissen and Chantilly, under the direction of M. Deldicque. Domaine de Chantilly. Ed. M. Hayot page 151 n°58 Lot presented jointly with Mrs Aline Josserand, expert in ceramics (06.10.76.48.84)
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