Eagle (one of a pair)

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German

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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.

Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model

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Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model
Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model
Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model
Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model
Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model
Eagle (one of a pair), Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present), Hard-paste porcelain with cold-painted decoration, German, Meissen after Japanese model

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