Lot 1098 - A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - jeudi, 26. mars 2026, 13h30
A FIGURE OF A BIRD SELLER
Meissen, ca. 1740–44. Model by Johann Joachim Kändler.
Depicted in a dancing pose on a floral-decorated base with a tree stump, a birdcage is slung over his left shoulder, and he is offering a bird for sale in each hand. Dressed in a yellow jacket with an iron-red collar, white shirt, dark-blue knee breeches, and black shoes and hat. Unmarked on the unglazed underside.
H 21.3 cm.
Minimally chipped and restored.
Provenance:
- Sotheby's Zurich, 7 December 1994, Lot No. 62.
- Private collection, St. Gallen, acquired at the above auction.
Kändler's taxa, 1740–44. “1 Vogel Steller einen Vogelgebauer tragend und Vögel in den Händen haltend. -3.Thlr.” (Rafael, Keramos 203/204, 2009, p. 56)
Comparable models: Dresden State Art Collections; Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, formerly Lord Fisher's private collection (Inv. No. 2531601); Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Irwin Untermyer Collection, cf. Y. Hackenbroch (1956), fig. 82 (Inv. No. 64.101.106).
In the Alan Shimmerman Collection, see V. Sigalas-M. Chilton, All Walks of Life, 2022, p. 94, No. 4 (formerly Christie's New York, 10 October 1993, Lot No. 51); Christie's, Centuries of Style, 17 November 2009, Lot No. 62.
Comparable models: Dresden State Art Collections; Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, formerly Lord Fisher's private collection (Inv. No. 2531601); Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Irwin Untermyer Collection, cf. Y. Hackenbroch (1956), fig. 82 (Inv. No. 64.101.106).
In the Alan Shimmerman Collection, see V. Sigalas-M. Chilton, All Walks of Life, 2022, p. 94, No. 4 (formerly Christie's New York, 10 October 1993, Lot No. 51); Christie's, Centuries of Style, 17 November 2009, Lot No. 62.
CHF 5 000 / 7 000 | (€ 5 150 / 7 220)
Vendu pour CHF 8 750 (frais inclus)