Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 26*
A Meissen cockerel teapot and cover, circa 1734
6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £22,750 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Meissen cockerel teapot and cover, circa 1734
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, looking over its shoulder, the spout protruding from its neck, its tail forming the handle of the pot, the plumage painted in shades of brown, black, yellow and iron-red heightened in gilding, gilt foliate motifs to the rim, the cover in the shape of a monkey eating fruit, 11cm high, 16.5cm long, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (some chips to tail and toes) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain
The model is loosely based on a Chinese Yixing stoneware example. Another one of this model with a different finial is illustrated by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), no. 1126.
