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Lot 563 Dα

A Meissen porcelain tureen with a hippocamp finial

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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A Meissen porcelain tureen with a hippocamp finial

An opulent oval tureen with trompe l'oeil handles; decorated with three large hunting scenes and flowers after woodcut designs. Indistinct blue crossed swords mark to the unglazed underside, impressed number 7, inventory number(?) in ink. The hippocamp restored. H 32, W 38.4 cm.
After 1740, the decor attributed to Franz Ferdinand Mayer aus Pressnitz/Prísecnice, ca. 1750 - 60.

Provenance

Formerly collection of Dr. A. List, Magdeburg
Westphalian private collection.

Literature

Illus. in Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence- und Porzellan-Hausmaler, vol. 2, Neudruck Stuttgart 1971, p. 331, illus. 287.