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Lot 478 Dα

A Meissen Böttger porcelain smoking pagode figure

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 6.000 € - 6.500 €
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A Meissen Böttger porcelain smoking pagode figure

A hollow chinoiserie figure in a patterned robe. Craquelure to the interior, the silvered decor oxidised. Retouches to the gilding of the chest and to one eyebrow. H 8.3 cm.
After 1713 to ca. 1720.

These small incense burners were fashionable during the early period of the manufactory. This model was produced with varying decor, even with the early polychromy of Funcke. The pieces were placed over incense cones, and the smoke exuding from the mouth filled the rooms with scent.

Literature

A white figure in an architectural surround by Benjamin Thomae in the Porzellansammlung Dresden, inv. no. 2186 (cat. Johann Friedrich Böttger zu Ehren. Meißen Frühzeit und Gegenwart, Dresden 1982, I/100), a second with a temple canopy in the Ludwig collection in Bamberg (cat. Goldchinesen und indianische Blumen, Petersberg 2010, no. 31. A polychromed piece with no architectural surround in cat.: Frühes Meißener Porzellan. Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich 1997, no. 1.