A rare Berlin faience figure of a Chinese official - image-1

Lot 111 Dα

A rare Berlin faience figure of a Chinese official

Auction 1150 - overview Berlin
16.05.2020, 12:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 625 € (incl. premium)

A rare Berlin faience figure of a Chinese official

The robes decorated with flowerhead and clover motifs. Unmarked. The head reattached, some cracks. H 34.5 cm.
Manufactory of Gerhard Wolbeer, circa 1710.

Provenance

Kunsthandel Klewer, Berlin.
Lower Saxon private collection.

Literature

An identical figure in the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle (in cat.: Herrliche Künste und Manufakturen, Berlin 2001, no. 35).