A rare Zurich porcelain courtship group - image-1

Lot 791 Nα

A rare Zurich porcelain courtship group

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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A rare Zurich porcelain courtship group

Model no. 128. A delicate group on an earth mound base with a tree. A gentleman playing the flute for his lady, who sits beside him holding the musical score in her lap. Blue Z mark with two dots Part of the front base rim reattached, minor chips and restorations. H 18.2 cm.
Circa 1780, model attributed to Wilhelm Spengler.

Provenance

Continental family ownership.

Literature

Cf.a further group in: Ducret, Die Züricher Porzellanmanufaktur, Zürich 1959, vol. II., p. 199, illus. 344, p. 225, pl. V.