A Berlin KPM porcelain model of a Japanese lady with a mandolin from Amberg's centrepiece - image-1

Lot 540 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain model of a Japanese lady with a mandolin from Amberg's centrepiece

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.875 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain model of a Japanese lady with a mandolin from Amberg's centrepiece

Model no. 9221. Hinten am Sockel gestempelt AMBERG., Blaumarke Zepter, unterglasurblaue Reichsapfel- und Jubiläumsmarke, braunes und schwarzes Malerzeichen. H 27.8 cm.
1913, model by Adolph Amberg, June 1909.

The talented and already distinguished young sculptor Adolph Amberg (1874 - 1913) began designing a large figural centrepiece for KPM around 1904. This was to be presented at the wedding of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia to Cecilie of Mecklenburg on 6th June 1905, but did not meet the Emperor's taste and was therefore rejected. After three years, Amberg resumed the project in 1908 and finished the last pieces in 1910. Even today, the figures from the wedding procession are among KPM's most beautiful objects from the period before the First World War.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.