A Meissen porcelain figure of a leopard, circa 1740
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3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description
modelled by J.J. Kändler, standing four-square, its sharp teeth bared, its coat naturalistically coloured with black spots and brown fur markings, with yellow-green eyes
Haut. 8 cm, long. 21 cm ; Height 3 1/8 in, length 8 ¼ in
Sold Christie’s London, 7 October 1996, lot 454
Meissen porcelain leopards are among the 301 animals included in the 1753 inventory drawn up of Count Brühl’s belongings, which lists them by type in a chapter titled “An unterschiedenen Thieren”: '6 Leoparden', [6 leopards]. An example of this standing model from the collection of Sir Gawaine and Lady Baillie, sold at Sotheby’s London, 1 May 2013, lot 97. For seated variations of Meissen leopard figures, see R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, pl. 260, nos 1052, 1053, and M. Kunze-Köllensperger, Alexanders Tiere, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Berlin, 1999, pp. 70-72, nos 79, 80, 81.
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