A SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL VASES EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENTS, CIRCA 1755-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY J.J. KANDLER

A SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL VASES EMBLEMATIC OF THE ELEMENTS
CIRCA 1755-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY J.J. KANDLER
Each as a rocaille form vase painted after Jacopo Amigoni with scenes of either Earth, Air, Water or Fire, applied with putti and futher attributes to their respective elements, including chickens pecking the ground to the base of Earth, a putto holding bellows on the base of Air, a basket of fish to the base of Water and pistols to the base of Fire
13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) high, Fire

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1987, lot 89.