LOT DETAILS

Materials:

White Porcelain

Measurements:

13.58 in. (34.50 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Provenance:

Commissioned by Augustus II (1670-1733), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (Augustus 'the Strong'), for his porcelain menagerie in the Japanese Palace, Dresden, and one of four delivered there in 1732. By descent to Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1797-1854), when it was one of two examples purchased by Helena Wolfssohn from the Saxon Royal Collection on 8 January 1851. David Falcke, New Bond Street, London; his sale, Christie's London, 28 April 1858, lot 1449 (sold to 'Falck', most probably his brother Isaac Falcke). Probably sold before 1862 to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet (1820-1885), and by descent in the Williams-Wynn family to the present owners, Llangedwyn Hall, Wales.