MEISSEN - Lot 95

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MEISSEN - Lot 95
MEISSEN Porcelain teapot in the shape of a seated monkey holding a small one between its arms forming a spout, the handle formed of another small on its back, carrying a covered fruit, with polychrome decoration. Marked: crossed swords in blue. Model of Johann Joachim Kaendler. 18th century, circa 1735. H. 20 cm. Chips on the ribbon knot, the lid redone in soft porcelain. Kaendler's work in July 1735 mentions: a teapot in the shape of a monkey, with a baby on its back and another held in its arms in front, from which tea is poured. another held in its arms in front, from which the tea is poured. It rests on a small pedestal and is attached to it by a padlock and a chain. See Ulrich Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706-1775, 2002, p. 33. See also Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere, 1935, no. 225. For another example in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, see Yvonne Hackenbroch, Meissen and Other Continental Porcelain, Faience and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, pl. 91, fig. 146. Einen Thee Pot in Gestalt eines Affens, Welcher einen Jungen auf dem rücken und einen Vornen in den Händen hält, Woraus der Thee lauffen thut, geändert und in gehörige Gestalt gebracht, sitzt auf einem kleinen postamentgen, Woran er mit einer Kette und Vorlege Schloß befestiget ist
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