Meissen group representing a hunting scene, circa 1745.

Meissen porcelain group with polychrome decoration representing a hunting scene: three dogs around a wild bull.
Model of Johan Joachim Kaendler, referenced from April 1741 among his works, circa 1745. Mark in blue with crossed swords.
Length: 16 cm.
For similar groups but with the wild bull still on its feet: Cf. collective catalog edited by Ulrich Pietsch, Porzellan Parforce, n°14 p.71, Hirmer Verlag, München 2005. Count Brühl owned a variety of hunting groups modeled by Kandler, including three examples of this model (reported in Count Brühl's 1753 inventory). Cf. catalog Rainer Rückert Meissener Porzellan, s. 201, no. 1152 um Taf. 282, Hirmer Verlag München 1966. Cf. catalog Guttmann 1999, S36f, kat.n°13, Meinhauser 1993 S.197.