#7065 • Four German glazed porcelain bird figurines, including Katschaueruther Zell, 7" H

Part of $15 Million | Part 2 | McLean Mansion on the Potomac | Online Estate Auction (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

High bid $25.00

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A decorative group of four German glazed porcelain bird studies, 20th century, modeled with naturalistic detail and finished in lustrous hand-applied enamels. The assortment includes a flying duck with wings outstretched above stylized reeds and rippling water, the underside bearing a script mark reading “Katschaueruther Zell” with an impressed “16,” consistent with Bavarian art-porcelain production. Companion figures comprise a crested game bird in a resting pose with softly graduated plumage in pale gray-blue and olive tones, a small passerine perched on a flowering stump with applied blossoms, and a long-tailed bird posed upright on a sculpted branch with a vivid cobalt-blue throat accent. Executed as cabinet-scale ornaments, the models emphasize sculptural silhouettes—swept wings, raised tail feathers, and layered plumage—enhanced by pooled translucent glazes that articulate feathering and musculature. The mixed bases (naturalistic ground, stump, and branch forms) provide varied compositions suited to a vitrine display or grouped mantel arrangement. Together the lot reflects the enduring mid-century taste for finely finished Continental animalier porcelain, combining painterly coloration with crisply cast detail. Size: 7" & small