860 - Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur

Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Johann Friedrich Eberlein Johann Joachim Kaendler Johann Joachim Kaendler A rare Meissen porcelain figure of a falconer Depicting an elegant figure leaning against a tree stump on a rectangular rocky base applied with flowers and leaves. The falcon, hooded and with closed wings, perched on the left gloved hand, the tricorn held in the right. Unglazed, pierced base, with possible traces of a blue crossed swords mark. The falcon’s head and the dagger at the side restored, chips to the hair ribbon, black enamel and gilding retouched. Height 17.9 cm. C. 1744, the model by Johann Friedrich Eberlein and Johann Joachim Kaendler, the moulding and decoration contemporary with the model. In January 1744, Johann Friedrich Eberlein recorded the following figure in his work reports: “A falconer with the falcon on his hand, begun [...]”. As early as October 1744, Johann Joachim Kaendler reported: “A model in the form of a falconer, corrected and given for moulding.” Provenance Röbbig art dealers, Munich. South German private collection. Literature Cf. Hackenbroch, Meissen and other Continental Porcelain Faience and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge 1956, fig. 85, pl. 52. The corrected model is recorded in Kaendler’s work reports in Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706–1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 105. Another example is illustrated in Pietsch (ed.), Porzellan Parforce. Jagdliches Meißner Porzellan, Dresden–Munich 2005, cat. no. 8.