Seltene allegorische Meissen Figurengruppe "Afrika" - photo 1

Seltene allegorische Meissen Figurengruppe "Afrika"

Lot 639
05.12.2025 10:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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AuctioneerKunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
Event locationGermany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 1516133
Lot 639 | Seltene allegorische Meissen Figurengruppe "Afrika"
Estimate value
€ 18 000 – 36 000
Seltene allegorische Meissen Figurengruppe "Afrika"
aus der kleinen Serie der "Vier Kontinente"
Montiert auf einem floral durchbrochen gearbeiteten Podest im Louis XVI-Stil aus vergoldeter Bronze. Naturalistisch gestalteter, mit plastischen Blüten und Blättern belegter Sockel. Vor einer Baumgruppe auf einem kraftvoll modellierten, in hellen Brauntönen staffierten Löwen sitzende junge, afrikanische Fürstin, den Kopf nach rechts gewandt. Das Haupt bekrönt von einer imposanten, plastisch geformten Elefantenhaube und gehüllt in ein farbenprächtiges Federgewand mit Edelsteinkette, darüber ein knöchellanger Überwurf, der an der Brust mit einer Goldagraffe gehalten wird. In der linken Hand ein Ährenbündel, in der rechten ein goldenes Zepter haltend. Polychrome Malerei mit Goldstaffage. Entw. Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1746. Rest.; Partiell best.; H. 22,5 cm.
In der Taxa Kaendlers aus dem Jahr 1746 heißt es: "Eine Grouppe Africam vorstellend, da ein Frauenzimmer auff einem Löwen sizt, so in der rechten Hand einen Scepter, in der linken aber Corallen und Korn Aehren hält." Für die nur leicht in der Gestaltung abweichende "große" Allegorie der Afrika wurde eine Vorlage von Gottfried Bernhard Götz verwendet.(Kreidezeichnung, um 1735/38, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inv.-Nr. 59.208.102.
Vgl. Andres-Acevedo, Die autonomen figürlichen Plastiken J. J. Kaendlers und seiner Werkstatt zwischen 1731 und 1748, Stuttgart 2023, Bd. 1, S. 83f., Abb. 81, 82 u. 85 sowie Bd. 2, Nr. 635.; Menzhausen/Karpinski, In Porzellan verzaubert, S. 171f.; Jedding, Kat. Meissener Porzellan in Privatbesitz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Abb. 240f.; Meister, Kat. Slg. Pauls, Bd. I, S. 378f.
A rare allegorical porcelain figure group of "Africa" from the small series "Four Continents" modelled by J. J. Kaendler. Restored. Partly chipped.
Meissen. Um 1746 - 1750.
Auction house category:Porcelain
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