TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF A HUNTER AND HUNTRESS, CIRCA 1745-50, HUNTRESS WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO BACK OF BASE AND O MARK IN IRON-RED

TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF A HUNTER AND HUNTRESS
CIRCA 1745-50, HUNTRESS WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS TO BACK OF BASE AND O MARK IN IRON-RED
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein, each standing holding a rifle, the hunter with a hound at his feet, on mound bases applied with flowers and foliage
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RITTER KEMPSKI VON RAKOSZYN (LOTS 26 - 38)

Literature
Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987, p. 35, pl. V.
Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Jagdliches Meißner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 2005, p. 66, cat. nos 5 and 6.
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Sammlung Ritter Kempski von Rakoszyn: Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, 2008, p. 68, no. 43.

Exhibited
Porzellan Parforce, Schloss Moritzburg bei Dresden 2005; Porzellan Parforce, Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf 2005; Porzellan Parforce, Knauf-Museum, Iphofen 2006.