Two five-branched candelabra

Porcelain Manufactory Meissen (founded in 1710)

Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775)

c. 1737/40

Material/technique: porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilding

Measurements: 63 × 37 × 37 cm

Acquisition: presumably acquired in Prince Joseph Wenzel I von Liechtenstein

Artists/makers/authors: Porcelain Manufactory Meissen; Johann Joachim Kändler

Inventory number: PO 1995

Signature/inscriptions content only available in German: Porzellanmarke unterglasurblaue gekreuzte Schwerter

Provenance: presumably acquired in Prince Joseph Wenzel I von Liechtenstein

Place of origin: Meissen

Iconography: Female Figure

R. Rückert, Ausst.-Kat. Meissner Porzellan 1710-1810, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, München 1966, S. 116-117, Nr. 489, Abb. S. 124

O. Walcha, Meissen Porcelain, New York 1981, Abb. Taf. 95

Clare LeCorbeiller, Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, New York 1985, S. 177-178, Kat. 119

Dirk Syndram, Meisterwerke der Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein. Skulpturen – Kunsthandwerk – Waffen, Vaduz 1996, S. 180-181 u. 297, Kat. 62

Ausst.-Kat. Treuer Fürst. Joseph Wenzel I. von Liechtenstein und seine Kunst. Eine Ausstellung in der Reihe MÄRZ IM PALAIS im Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Johann Kräftner, Katharina Leithner, Arthur Stögmann, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Wien 1.–31.3.2022, erschienen Wien 2023, S. 130–131, Kat.-Nrn. 72 und 73

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