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Lot 698 Dα

Five items of Meissen porcelain from a service with yellow ground and water landscapes

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 9.375 € (incl. premium)
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Five items of Meissen porcelain from a service with yellow ground and water landscapes

Comprising a teapot with original lid connected to the handle with a chain and two beakers with original saucers. All pieces divided into segments by gilt scale pattern and foliage designs forming reserves with alternating decor of woodcut style flowers on yellow ground and finely painted landscapes. Blue crossed swords mark, the base of the teapot unglazed, M in gold. The tip of the spout restored, a shallow rim chip to one saucer. H of teapot with lid 9.7 cm.
Circa 1745.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 18th October 1988, lot 399.
Acquired in 1989 from Heinz Reichert, Munich.

Literature

Two similar cups and saucers with yellow ground and scenes after Watteau illus. in: Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich 1966, no. 388 and 389.
Cf. also a similarly decorated service using different models in the Ludwig collection (cat.: Glanz des Barock, Bamberg 1995, cat. no. 161).