A Berlin KPM porcelain allegory of taste. - image-1

Lot 61 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain allegory of taste.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 800 €
Result: 992 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain allegory of taste.

A figure of a youth leaning on a barrel and holding an apple in his hand. Blue sceptre mark to the back of the socle, unglazed base with collector's monogram. The right hand reattached. H 12 cm.
1770, modelled by Wilhelm Christian Meyer.

Provenance

Formerly the C.F. Foerster collection
Collection Koellmann, Lempertz auction 622 from 26th June 1987, lot 769.

Literature

Illus. in: Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. I, illus. 277 and: Köllmann, Braunschweig 1966, vol. II, pl. 71 e.