Eagle (one of a pair)
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1730 · Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
In 1730 Augustus the Strong sent a pair of porcelain eagles made in Japan to be copied by the Meissen manufactory. Although the modeler Kirchner has been credited for modeling the birds, it is more likely that they were copies of the Japanese versions.
- Artist
- Meissen Manufactory
- Date
- ca. 1730
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration
- Culture
- German, Meissen after Japanese model
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
