An impressive three piece set of Berlin faience vases with 'grand feu' decor - image-1
An impressive three piece set of Berlin faience vases with 'grand feu' decor - image-2
An impressive three piece set of Berlin faience vases with 'grand feu' decor - image-1An impressive three piece set of Berlin faience vases with 'grand feu' decor - image-2

Lot 69 Dα

An impressive three piece set of Berlin faience vases with 'grand feu' decor

Auction 1065 - overview Berlin
30.04.2016, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.200 € (incl. premium)

An impressive three piece set of Berlin faience vases with 'grand feu' decor

Flattened unmarked base. Some localised losses to the glaze, partially retouched. H 53.5 and ca. 41 cm.
Berlin, Gerhard Wolbeer workshop, ca. 1710 - 20.

Literature

An identical vase for example formerly kept in the Märkisches Museums (cat. Herrliche Künste und Manufacturen, Berlin 2001, no. 71). The crowded decor in four colours and the Delft-inspired ribbed texture are both considered inventions of Gerhard Wolbeer.