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Eagle, after a Japanese porcelain model
Meissen Porcelain Manufactoryc.1728
Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada
Meissen figure of an eagle (Adler), modeled by Johann Gottlob Kirchner. It has delineated plumage, his head slightly turned and beak open, with his wings furled and tail lowered. It is perched on a craggy rock with talons curled over the edge.
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- Title: Eagle, after a Japanese porcelain model
- Creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
- Date Created: c.1728
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
- Medium: hard-paste porcelain.
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