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Lot 732 Nα

A rare Zurich porcelain group

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

A rare Zurich porcelain group

Model no. 128. Two-figure courtship group with a standing cavalier holding a flute beside a lady seated on a bench with a musical score open in her lap. Blue z mark with two dots. Losses to the tree, the mouthpiece of the flute, and the gentleman's little finger. H 19.5 cm.
Zurich, circa 1780, this model attributed to Wilhelm Spengler.

Provenance

Continental family ownership.

Literature

Cf. Ducret, Die Züricher Porzellanmanufaktur, Zurich 1959, vol. II., p. 199, illus. 344, p. 225, pl. V.
Cf. Lempertz Cologne, auction 1117 on 16th November 2018, lot 791.