Lot 512 D α

A Vienna porcelain group with children around a magic lantern

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €

A Vienna porcelain group with children around a magic lantern

After the motive by François Boucher and the Sèvres porcelain group by Etienne Falconet (1757). Blue bindenschild mark, purple painter's mark "2". Minor chips, primarily to the foliage of the base, the ring to the lid of the chimney and the green ribbon defective. H 18 cm.
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory Vienna, ca. 1765-70, the decor tentatively attributed to Martin Krävogel.

Literature

This painter's number in: Mrazek/Neuwirth, Vienna undated, p. 59.
An identical group formerly in the Bloch-Baur collection, now in the Liechtenstein Museum Vienna (cat. Zeremonien Feste Kostüme, Vienna 2010, no. 263.