A Strasbourg or Frankenthal porcelain group of a putto and a leopard as an allegory of Spring. - image-1

Lot 995A Dα

A Strasbourg or Frankenthal porcelain group of a putto and a leopard as an allegory of Spring.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, Furniture, Bronzes, Carpets
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 4.340 € (incl. premium)
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A Strasbourg or Frankenthal porcelain group of a putto and a leopard as an allegory of Spring.

Unmarked, ground down base. Minimal restorations and chips to the flowers, part of the tail broken during firing and subsequently reattached. H 17.7 cm.
Ca. 1754, or Frankenthal, 1755, modelled by Johann Wilhelm Lanz.

The group forms part of a four seasons ensemble mentioned in the Brussels price lists for September 1760 as "Groupes les quatre saisons, enfans avec lion, tigre &c. par regard" (Beaucamp-Markowsky, p. 109). Further examples of this rare group are found in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and the Historisches Museum der Pfalz in Speyer.

Literature

A piece doubtlessly attributable to Strasbourg in: Beaucamp-Markowsky, vol. 1, Munich 2008, no. 22.