A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF FOXES
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF FOXES

CIRCA 1745

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF FOXES
CIRCA 1745
Each modeled in mirror image
7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, the larger
Provenance
Baron Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (inv. nos. G.R. 197 a + b).
Forcibly sold to the City Council of Frankfurt on 11 November 1938.
Restituted to the heirs of Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, 1949.
Acquired from the estate of Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild by Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York.
Acquired from Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, February 1950.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, pp. 75-76, no. 57-58.
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