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A MEISSEN LARGE FIGURE OF A JAY AND SQUIRREL, CIRCA 1740-45
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2020年11月20日 开拍 / 2020年11月19日 截止委托
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Description A MEISSEN LARGE FIGURE OF A JAY AND SQUIRREL CIRCA 1740-45 modelled by Johann Joachim K?ndler, perched on a high stump pecking at acorns, applied with a large running squirrel, two beetles and caterpillar, as well as leaves and toadstools,?crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to underside of base height 21 1/4 in. 54 cm Condition Report To request a condition report for this lot, please?contact?Richard.Hird@sothebys.com. Provenance Christie's London, 23 April, 1998, lot 241 Notes Jays,? Eichel Gabicht, were first modeled for Augustus III for the porcelain menagerie at the Japanese Palace and appear in K?ndler's work report in October 1735: "Einen Eigelgabich poussiret welcher ins K?nigl. Ball?is geh?rig ist, vorgestellet wie er auf einem gro?en Eigel Ast sietzet welcher mit Eigeln und Bl?ttern starck bewachsen ist, und sich eine Eigel abfri?et welches sein Futter ist, So sind auch unterschiedliche Raupen wie auch ein P?ner,?welche sich gerne auf den Eigel B?umen aufhalten Daran Befindlich, Johann Joachim K?ndler.", [modeled a jay which is to go to the Royal Palace, done sitting on a large oak branch thick with acorns and leaves, and eating an acorn, which is its food. Various insects which are to be found on oak-trees, such as a "P?ner" [=stag beetle], are also included, Johann Joachim K?ndler] (Samuel Wittwer, The Gallery of Meissen Animals, Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden, Munich 2006, p. 341). Two figures were recorded in the Japanese Palace on March 9, 1736, though are not referenced in the 1770 and 1779 inventories.? K?ndler's Taxa for October 1, 1739 to January 31, 1740 notes:? "1. Eichel Gabicht ebenfalls in Lebens Gr??e, wie solcher auff auf einem Stock sizet, natürlich vorgestellet, neben dem Gabicht ist ein Eichhorn in Lebens Gr??e auf einem Ast sizend in Thon pou?iret, nebst anderen daran befindl. Zierathen",?[1 jay, also life-size, displayed as it perches naturally on a stump, next to the jay is a squirrel seated on a branch, modelled in clay along with other embellishments]. A pair of jays was displayed in Clemens August's? Cr?nungs-Saal,?according to the Schloss Poppelsdorf inventory: ' Noch ein paar Markolfen aufm Baum mit einem Eichh?rngen'?[Another pair of jays?on a tree with a squirrel] ,?see?Erich K?llmann, 'Kurfürst Clemens August von K?ln Ein Porzellansammler des 18. Jahrhunderts',? Keramos, ?13, 1961, p. 26.? A smaller pair (approximately 15 in. high) was sold,?Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, Christie's New York, 18 March, 2005, lot 38; and a further pair from the Collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie was sold at Sotheby's London, 1 May, 2013 lot 21.?A large example of the same size as the present lot, from the Collection of Henry Arnhold was exhibited at the Frick Collection, New York,? Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection,?24 May, 2016?to 2 April, 2017. Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green?enamel?for chromium, which was not detected.

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