Two KPM porcelain figures made for Catherine II. - image-1

Lot 80 Dα

Two KPM porcelain figures made for Catherine II.

Auction 1030 - overview Berlin
24.05.2014, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.400 €
Result: 1.220 € (incl. premium)

Two KPM porcelain figures made for Catherine II.

White porcelain. A Russian peasant and merchant from the figural decor of the table centerpiece made for Catherine the Great of Russia. Underglaze blue scepter mark to the inside of the socle. The peasant with an incised 26 mark, the merchant with K and N07. Both figures with breakages. H 29,2 cm.
KPM Berlin, ca. 1770, modelled by Friedrich Elias Meyer.

Literature

Polychrome versions illus. in: Lenz, vol. II, pl. 81, illus. 321 and 323.