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Lot 1116 Dα

Two Hagenau porcelain tureens with bull's heads

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
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Two Hagenau porcelain tureens with bull's heads

Cylindrical meat ragout tureens on tapering column supports. Decorated with gilt bull's heads holding the original porcelain rings and bouquets of flowers after motifs by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. Blue mark V 491 on the unglazed edges, incised mark V 419 and A3, grey 50, the bull's heads with brown mark V 491. Some of the horns restored, rim chips. H 30 and 30.5, W ca. 37.5 cm.
Hagenau / Haguenau, Joseph Hannong, circa 1776.

Literature

"Cf. Bastian, Strasbourg, Faiences et Porcelaines 1721 - 1784, Strasbourg 2002, tome II, ill.468, for the lid of a porcelain tureen from Strasbourg, and ill. 477 ff., for the use of motifs by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (from circa 1670 - 80) in porcelain decor.
A further tureen with purple bull's heads and one with brown without the rings, both described as ""Pot-à-oille néo-classique"" in the Musée Rohan Strasbourg, inv. no. s.n. and 7177."