Two Meissen porcelain plates with Chinoiserie decoration - image-1

Lot 1278 Dα

Two Meissen porcelain plates with Chinoiserie decoration

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.250 € (incl. premium)
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Two Meissen porcelain plates with Chinoiserie decoration

1. Decorated with birds on a chrysanthemum sprig, a crack in the glaze of the base, D 22 cm. 2. With a peony sprig and a bird in flight, dreher's mark of Johann Gottlieb Kühnel, restored, D 21.6 cm. Blue crossed swords mark. Minor wear throughout.
After 1732.

Provenance

Auctioned by Christie´s London, 9th May 1988, lot 69 and 30th September 1991, lot 270.
Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.

Literature

Cf. Kat. Sammlung Hoffmeister, vol. I, Hamburg 1999, nos. 137, 153.
Cf. Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain The Wark Collection, London 2011, no. 240 f., for a platter with the same decoration illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue.