An Extremely Rare and Highly Important Meissen Porcelain Model of a Bolognese Hound, Circa 1745
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An extremely rare and highly important Meissen Porcelain model of a Bolognese Hound, Modelled by J.J.Kaendler, seated, his tail curling to one side, modelled with beautiful naturalistic curling hair in crisp low relief and decorated in further naturalistic tones. The Dog in scratching attitude, the right hind leg raised to the underside of his head which is inclined over his shoulder, the model raised up on contemporary eighteenth century ormolu mount composed of rococo scroll support.
Mark Crossed swords in underglaze blue
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Private Swiss CollectionLiterature
See Albiker, Carl Die Meissner Porzellantiere Im 18. Jahrhundert (Berlin: Deutscher Verein Für Kunstwissenschaft, 1959) for a similar Kändler model of a Bolognese hound dated to c. 1748, pl. 187
See also Taxa Kaendler 1740-48: ‘2. Pologneser oder Zottligte Hunde, gegen einander sehend auf Camine zu setzen, davon einer sich krazet, der andere aber auffrecht sitzet, pro 1 Stück…4. Thlr.’ [2 Bolognese or shaggy dogs, to sit on a chimney looking at each other, one of which scratching itself, the other sitting upright…4. Thlr.]