A Meissen white porcelain life-size figure of a tiger, 20th century

after the model by J. G., Kirchner for the Japanese Palace, sitting, snarling and showing its fangs, its tail curled over its right haunch, underglazed blue crossed swords mark

Collection of Edward and Kiyi Pflueger
Christie's New York, 20 October 2006, lot 510

Good condition
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The model was modelled by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner in January 1733 as mentionned in the work report : ' In the month of January 1733, I made ready the following.... a tiger in the same size [ie, life size]'. There seems to have been some confusion about this model, which is actually of a sitting lioness and not a tiger, for further information, see. Samuel Wittwer, The Gallery of Meissen Animals, Munich, 2006, p. 313. The worn-down moulds were then renewed by Karl Stein in March 1924. 3 original models of the sitting lioness are recorded today, 2 in the Dresden Porcelain Collection, and 1 in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Schneider Collection, Lustheim.