An Allegoric Figure 'Africa'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 395
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Meissen, designed 1746, made soon after. Polychrome painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark. Rest. H. 15,5 cm. - German porcelain modeller and sculptor, taught by the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, whose baroque influence is especially visible in his animal figures, in 1731 appointed court sculptor by August the Strong, at the same time beginning his work for porcelain manufacture Meissen, which he directs for many years, his works are among the highlights of early European porcelain.
Johann Joachim Kaendler: An Allegoric Figure 'Africa'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
An Allegoric Figure 'Africa'
Lot-No. 395
Proceeds : 1.500 €
Meissen, designed 1746, made soon after. Polychrome painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark. Rest. H. 15,5 cm. - German porcelain modeller and sculptor, taught by the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, whose baroque influence is especially visible in his animal figures, in 1731 appointed court sculptor by August the Strong, at the same time beginning his work for porcelain manufacture Meissen, which he directs for many years, his works are among the highlights of early European porcelain.