Lot 178^*

A Meissen model of a jay with squirrel, circa 1740

500 Years of European Ceramics

9 December 2021, 12:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen model of a jay with squirrel, circa 1740

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, perched on the top of a high tree stump above a squirrel, the plumage finely shaded in brown, black and blue, the squirrel's fur in shades of reddish brown, the tree stump shaded in green, the leafy branches with acorns and beetles, 40.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to inside of base of tree (some losses and restoration)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 7 October 1996, lot 472

The model is recorded in Kaendler's records of overtime work between October 1739 and January 1740: '1 Eichel Gabicht in Lebensgröße auf einem Stock sitzend, natürlich vrgestellet, neben dem ist ein Eichhorn in Lebensgröße auf 1 Ast sitzend in Thon poussiret, nebst anderen daran befindlichen Zierraten' [1 life-sized jay sitting on a trunk, naturally depicted, next to him is a life-sized squirrel seated on a branch, modelled in clay, along with other appropriate ornamentation].

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