Meissen Shepherd and His Lover

• LOT

  830

• Artist

  Meissen

• Estimate

  30,000 - 60,000 1,304 - 2,609 1,500 - 3,000 6,000 - 12,000 188 - 375

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  Members only

• Details

  Model No. A41
  Modeller's No. 1160
  Meissen occupies an unparalleled position in the history of European porcelain. Since the seventeenth century, Chinese and Japanese porcelain had been avidly sought by European courts and collectors, while the secrets of its manufacture became the subject of an intense European quest for the fabled "white gold." Under the patronage of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, the researches of Johann Friedrich Böttger and his collaborators culminated in the first successful production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe in 1708. In 1710, the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Porcelain Manufactory was established, with production commencing at Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen in June of that year. Initially drawing upon the forms and decorative vocabulary of East Asian porcelain, the manufactory gradually developed a distinctive artistic language of its own. During the eighteenth century, artists such as Johann Joachim Kändler greatly expanded the expressive possibilities of porcelain sculpture, creating figures, animals, allegorical subjects and representations of courtly life of exceptional refinement. In doing so, Meissen transformed the medium into a vehicle for the sophisticated ideals of courtly collecting and the Baroque imagination, exerting a profound influence not only on the development of European ceramics, but also on sculpture and the decorative arts. Introduced in 1722, the Crossed Swords remain an enduring emblem of the manufactory's distinguished artistic heritage.
  H:20.0cm L:17.0cm W:13.5cm (H:7 ⅞ in. L:6 ¾ in. W:5 ⅜ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2026

• Catalog

  The Ho Ying-chin Family Collection

• Date

  2026/10/23