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A rare Meissen beaker and saucer, circa 1723

Schätzpreis
3.000 £ - 5.000 £
ca. 3.787 $ - 6.311 $
Zuschlagspreis:
5.062 £
ca. 6.390 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 17

A rare Meissen beaker and saucer, circa 1723

Schätzpreis
3.000 £ - 5.000 £
ca. 3.787 $ - 6.311 $
Zuschlagspreis:
5.062 £
ca. 6.390 $
Beschreibung:

A rare Meissen beaker and saucer, circa 1723 Each side painted with a chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red scrollwork and flowers, the saucer with a similar cartouche depicting a figure being attacked by a fire-breathing toad, the rims with gilt borders, the beaker: 7.5cm high (some flaking to gilt band on beaker rim and minor wear) (2) Fußnoten Provenance: Probably from the collection of Augustus the Strong, presented in 1725 to King Vittorio Amadeo II of Sardinia; Thence by descent; The Head of a European Royal House, sold Christie's Geneva, 7 June 1968, lot 135; Private Collection, Switzerland, sold Sotheby's London, 25 November 1997, lot 64 For a discussion of the 1725 gift of porcelain from Augustus the Strong to Vittorio Amadeo II of Sardinia, see I. Menzhausen, Ein Porzellangeschenk Augusts des Starken für den König von Sadinien, in Keramos 119 (1988), pp. 99-102; and M. Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy (2007), 209-211.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 17
Auktion:
Datum:
02.07.2019
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

A rare Meissen beaker and saucer, circa 1723 Each side painted with a chinoiserie scene within a gilt scrollwork quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red scrollwork and flowers, the saucer with a similar cartouche depicting a figure being attacked by a fire-breathing toad, the rims with gilt borders, the beaker: 7.5cm high (some flaking to gilt band on beaker rim and minor wear) (2) Fußnoten Provenance: Probably from the collection of Augustus the Strong, presented in 1725 to King Vittorio Amadeo II of Sardinia; Thence by descent; The Head of a European Royal House, sold Christie's Geneva, 7 June 1968, lot 135; Private Collection, Switzerland, sold Sotheby's London, 25 November 1997, lot 64 For a discussion of the 1725 gift of porcelain from Augustus the Strong to Vittorio Amadeo II of Sardinia, see I. Menzhausen, Ein Porzellangeschenk Augusts des Starken für den König von Sadinien, in Keramos 119 (1988), pp. 99-102; and M. Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy (2007), 209-211.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 17
Auktion:
Datum:
02.07.2019
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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