A small KPM porcelain vase from the service made for Catherine II. - image-1

Lot 79 Dα

A small KPM porcelain vase from the service made for Catherine II.

Auction 1030 - overview Berlin
24.05.2014, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 800 €
Result: 3.660 € (incl. premium)

A small KPM porcelain vase from the service made for Catherine II.

Porcelain. Blue scepter mark. H 10.8 cm.
KPM Berlin, 1770 - 72.

Provenance

From the dessert service made for Tsarina Catherine II of Russia.

Literature

Illus. in: Köllmann, Braunschweig 1966, vol. II, pl. 92 c. A vase from the von Dallwitz collection illus. in: Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. II, illus. 388. A dessert service for 120 people was commissioned between 1770 and 1772 and is now kept in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.