A rare Meissen porcelain model of a standing lioness - image-1

Lot 1693 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain model of a standing lioness

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €

A rare Meissen porcelain model of a standing lioness

With anthropomorphic facial expression. Indistinct blue crossed swords mark under the front right paw. H 8.3 cm.
Mid-18th C., attributed to Johann Friedrich Eberlein.

Literature

A further lioness in the Schwerin Landesmuseum (in: Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin 1959, no. 161).