Rare pair of figures Sultan and Sultana on an elephant

Lot 4035 limit € 20.000

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, models by Johann Joachim Kaendler around 1773, model no. 188 or 118, each seated on an elephant, the saddle pad in blue or crimson, the rich robes painted in colour, the sultan with a ruler's staff, the sultana with a perfume vessel, slightly restored, height approx. 43 or 45 cm, extremely rare molded pair of figures from the second half of the 19th century