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Lot 88 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: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.875 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with scenes after Angelika Kauffmann

Shallow cup with original lid and saucer. Painted with figures of Flora and Cupid and a laurel branch in reserves. Blue crossed swords mark with star and 4 (cup), gold N. (saucer). H with lid 8.2, D of saucer 12.5 cm.
Circa 1790 – 1800.

These motifs derive from prints from a cycle of the four seasons by Francesco Bartolozzi after Angelika Kaufmann: The standing female figure was originally Ceres with a sheaf of wheat (summer) and the kneeling woman with a basket of flowers a depiction of Flora (spring).

Provenance

Auctioned by Christie's London on 18th November 1999, lot 148.
The Hiemisch collection.