European Furniture, Silver, & Ceramics
European Furniture, Silver, & Ceramics
Property from an Important Midwestern Collection
A Rare Pair of Meissen Figures of Danish Pug Dogs, Circa 1745
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April 19, 06:13 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Midwestern Collection
A Rare Pair of Meissen Figures of Danish Pug Dogs, Circa 1745
naturalistically modelled by J.J. Kändler, painted with black and white fur, the mother with two pups, the mother with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 25
height of tallest 9 in.
23 cm
2
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, March 12, 1968, lot 153
Acquired at the sale by Stodel
With Wisen Antiquités, Paris
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, March 28, 1996, lot 83
With Jules Spielman, London
Acquired at the sale by Stodel
With Wisen Antiquités, Paris
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, March 28, 1996, lot 83
With Jules Spielman, London
The models may correspond to an entry in Kändler's Taxa, or work records:
'1. Hund in Lebens Größe nach dem Gemählde, vor Se. Hoch-Reichs Gräffl. Excell. den H. Geheimbden Cabinets-Ministre Graffen von Brühl. 4. Thlr.', [1 life-sized dog after the painting, for his Excellency the Privy Cabinet Minister Count von Brühl. 4 Taler.], Johannes Rafael, 'Zur Taxa Kaendler', Keramos 203/204, 2009, p. 49.
A pair of these models with contemporary wooden bases was sold at Sotheby's London, June 6, 1989, lot 178. An example of the mother and two cubs group, with the mother wearing a bow like the figure in the present lot, was in the Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer Collection, Dresden, illustrated in Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Gustav von Klemperer collection catalogue, Dresden, 1928, taf. 86, no. 758. A further example of the mother and two cubs group is illustrated in Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1935, pl. XLIV, no. 195. Kändler also modelled Danish hounds in a smaller size, an example of which was in the collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie sold at Sotheby's London, May 1, 2013, lot 206.
'1. Hund in Lebens Größe nach dem Gemählde, vor Se. Hoch-Reichs Gräffl. Excell. den H. Geheimbden Cabinets-Ministre Graffen von Brühl. 4. Thlr.', [1 life-sized dog after the painting, for his Excellency the Privy Cabinet Minister Count von Brühl. 4 Taler.], Johannes Rafael, 'Zur Taxa Kaendler', Keramos 203/204, 2009, p. 49.
A pair of these models with contemporary wooden bases was sold at Sotheby's London, June 6, 1989, lot 178. An example of the mother and two cubs group, with the mother wearing a bow like the figure in the present lot, was in the Gustav and Charlotte von Klemperer Collection, Dresden, illustrated in Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Gustav von Klemperer collection catalogue, Dresden, 1928, taf. 86, no. 758. A further example of the mother and two cubs group is illustrated in Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1935, pl. XLIV, no. 195. Kändler also modelled Danish hounds in a smaller size, an example of which was in the collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie sold at Sotheby's London, May 1, 2013, lot 206.