Lot 375
A male nodding pagoda figure, Johann Joachim Kaendler, circa 1730 (design), Meissen, 20th century
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Description
Porcelain, painted in polychrome, partially gilt. Metal mount with lead weight and wire. Chinese figure seated cross-legged, grinning with wide-open mouth. Head and hands suspended on counterweights and articulated. Articulated tongue, painted in colour. Bottom with crossed swords mark, 1st choice, red “17”, inside no "65" and "147". Dimensions 19.5 x 21 cm. Cf. Bergmann, Meissen Figures. Model Numbers 1 - 3000, Erlangen 2017, cat. no. 1610. The nodding pagoda figures trace back to designs from the year 1762, when Friedrich II of Prussia ordered “10 Bajoden mit wackelnden Köpfen”. The five female and five male figures were installed as part of the interior decoration of the Chinese House at Sanssouci following the end of the Seven Years' War. Counterpart to the following lot.Condition: I - II Questions about the lot?
