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Lot 87 Dα

A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with scenes after Angelika Kauffmann

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 938 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with scenes after Angelika Kauffmann

The cup with a depiction of Flora in a medallion, the saucer with the scene of Cephisa meeting Cupid. Blue crossed swords mark with dot. H of cup 6.5, D of saucer 13.4 cm.
Circa 1770 - 75, decor attributed to Johann George Loehnig.

Provenance

Auctioned by Christie's London on 3rd July 1989.

The Hiemisch collection.

Literature

For this depiction of Cephisa cf. cat. "Verrückt nach Angelika" Porzellan und anderes Kunsthandwerk nach Angelika Kauffmann, Düsseldorf 1998, p. 57 and no. 78 and the depiction of Flora under no. 79 (Venus and Cupid).