57 - Large bird sculpture of a macaw from Meissen, also known as the “Ararauna” or “Indian raven.” White porcelain. A fully three-dimensional depiction of a descending macaw with finely rendered plumage in relief, clinging to two branch roots of a tree stump. Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1732. Model No. 76009. Markings: year mark. Sword mark. Height: 105.5 cm.

Large bird sculpture of a macaw from Meissen, also known as the “Ararauna” or “Indian raven.” White porcelain. A fully three-dimensional depiction of a descending macaw with finely rendered plumage in relief, clinging to two branch roots of a tree stump. Designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1732. Model No. 76009. Markings: year mark. Sword mark. Height: 105.5 cm. A large-scale sculpture modeled in 1732 on commission from Augustus the Strong for the Japanese Palace. Compared to the model of a macaw on a tree stump created one year earlier —based on a previously unknown graphic model—the vivid depiction and realistic rendering indicate that Kaendler visited the royal menageries and the Lion House, where parrots were kept, and incorporated his impressions into his design. See Wittwer, *Die Galerie der Meißener Tiere*, p. 194ff., fig. 182, and cat. p. 315; Andres-Acevedo, *Die autonomen figürlichen Plastiken J. J. Kaendlers*, vol. 2, no. 14. A very large porcelain bird figure of a macaw modeled by J. J. Kaendler. Damaged. Date mark. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. After 1973.