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White glazed porcelain. Depiction of a figure of a hunting falcon sitting on a rocky pedestal. The falcon is facing slightly to the right, with its beak open.
On the pedestal, on the back side, the signature of the manufactory - two crossed swords, painted on the underglaze in cobalt color. The signature pattern was used in 1934-1945, with a single horizontal cut on the signature, indicating that the product belongs to the 2nd choice. Above the signature, traces of black paint (?) are visible on the glaze. On the side of the pedestal the signature of the manufactory was repeated, by engraving on the glaze; under the signature the inscription "weiss". On the inside of the pedestal, the signature of the Manufactory (engraved on the underglaze) was once again placed, with the inscription "weiss", and the boss number(German: Bossierer-Nummer) was placed: "II.51". In the lower part of the pedestal several small losses of the glaze. Cracking of the glaze in several places (neck and falcon's talons) - formed during the production phase, characteristic of Meissen porcelain of the 2nd choice.
Height: 55.5 cm.
The motif of the animal figure in the work of artists creating Meissen porcelain was popular since the time of Augustus II the Strong, a great collector of porcelain. The first porcelain sculptures with the image of a falcon (eagle) were produced on the order of the King, who donated two Japanese porcelain eagles from his collection to the manufactory as models. In later times, the falcon motif returned in the works of many other top manufacturers of Meissen porcelain, who modeled themselves on 18th century designs by artists such as Johann Gotlieb Kirchner and Georg Fritzsche.
The original of the depiction depicted in the offered sculpture can be found in the collection of the Dresden Collection: https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/119484
The offered work is one of the extremely rare, if not unique, Meissen products, both because of its high artistic level, excellent detail, impressive size, and because of its very rare listing on the antiquarian market.
