Crucifixion Group in Fitted Leather Case

Crucifixion Group in Fitted Leather Case

Designer Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706 - 1775)

Designer Peter Reinicke (German, 1715 - 1768)

Manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, founded in 1710)

Dateca. 1745 - 1750

MediumHard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding; ebonized wood

Dimensions.1 (Crucifix): 19 5/16 × 6 5/8 × 1 3/4 inches (49.05 × 16.83 × 4.45 cm)
.2 (Virgin Mary): 6 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches (16.51 × 5.72 × 4.45 cm)
.3 (St. John): 6 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/2 inches (16.19 × 7.94 × 3.81 cm)
.4 (Mary Magdalene): 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 7 5/8 inches (16.51 × 13.34 × 19.37 cm)
.5 (Fitted Leather Case): 20 1/16 × 8 × 6 3/4 inches (50.96 × 20.32 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund

Object number2023.21.1-5

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DescriptionA multi-figural hard-paste porcelain group consisting of the central group of Christ on an ebonized wooden cross applied with a gilt-edged porcelain banner inscribed"'I.N.R.I.," mounted on a rockwork base with an applied skull and bones and clumps of leaves and flowers, with the figure of Mary Magdalene kneeling and embracing the cross; flanked by separate figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John, whose cloaks are decorated with gilt flower sprigs. The accompanying contemporary fitted leather case is embossed with foliate scrollwork heightened in gilding.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

"Impulse. Europäische Porzellanmanufakturen als Wegbereiter internationaler Lebenskultur." Museum der Porzellanindustrie, Hohenberg/Eger, Germany, November 1995

"Celebrating Kaendler. Meissen Porcelain Sculpture/Zum 300. Gebrutstag Johann Joachim Kaendlers, 1705-1775. Porzellanskulpturen aus Meissen." Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz Kunsthandel, European Fine Arts Fair (TEFAF), Maastricht, Netherlands, March 10-19, 2006.

“The Birth of European Porcelain, Celebrating 300 years of Meissen Ware,” Ōkura Shūkokan, Hosomi Bijutsukan, Machida Shiritsu, Hakubutsukan and Aichi-ken Tōji Shiryōkan, Oct. 2, 2010-Dec. 11, 2011, no. 111

Published References

Fine Continental Porcelain. Monday 6 October 1980 (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., 1980): lot 121, p. 36 (ill.)

Len and Yvonne Adams. Meissen Portrait Figures (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1987): 59 (ill.)

Wilhelm Siemen. Impulse. Europäische Porzellanmanufakturen als Wegbereiter internationaler Lebenskultur, exh. cat. (Hohenerg a.d. Eger, Germany: Museum der Porzellanindustrie, 1995): I-35, fig. 16 (ill).

Alfred Ziffer. "Kruzifix mit Magdalena, Maria und Johannes/Crucifix with the Holy Virgin, Mary Magdalene and St. John," in Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz, ed. Celebrating Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Sculpture, exh. cat. (Munich: Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz Kunsthandel, 2006): cat. no. 23, pp. 130-135 (ill.)

マイセン西洋磁器の誕生 : 開窯 300年= Glittering Meissen: The Birth of European Porcelain: Celebrating 300 Years of Meissen Ware, exh. cat. (Aichi-ken Tōji Shiryōkan; Ōkura Shūkokan; Hosomi Bijutsukan; Machida Shiritsu Hakubutsukan, 2010): cat. no. 111, pp. 98, 148 (ill.).

500 Years of European Ceramics. Thursday 6 July 2023 (London: Bonham’s New Bond Street, 2023): lot 67, pp. 44-45 (ill.).

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