Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
(5) Porcelain Monkey Orchestra Figures After Meissen
- Price realized
- $704
- Pre-sale estimate
- $150 – $350
- Hammer price
- $550
- Category
- Ceramics, Bowls & Glass
- Sold
- May 3, 2026
- Sale
- DAY 3- MAY 2026 "TREASURES FROM THE VAULTS OF A DALLAS DESIGNER"
Lot description
(lot of 5) Porcelain monkey band figures, after the models designed by Johann Joachim Kandler (German, 1706-1775) for Meissen, with varied blue underglaze marks underfoot, including: (1) drummer, with impressed, incised, and inscribed numerals underfoot, (1) piano player riding atop a monkey, (1) bagpipe player, (1) bassoon player, (1) trumpet player, small chip at end of trumpet, largest: approx 5 7/8"h, 2.25"w, 2.5"d; 2.5lbs total Provenance: Dallas, Texas: When the madness of collecting collides with connoisseurship
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.