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A Parisian ormolu writing set with a Meissen porcelain figure

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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A Parisian ormolu writing set with a Meissen porcelain figure

Scalloped lacquer tray with a moulded bronze rim upon which two teabowls painted with rice straw bales and prunus sprigs with pierced bronze covers flanking a standing male figure in a yellow robe have been fixed with screws. Blue crossed swords mark to the back of the figure. Gilded underside, one finger and the sword restored. H figure 15.5, H with tray 18.5, W tray 34.7 cm.
Figure modelled by Peter Reinicke, 1743, the mountings 18th / 19th C.

The sculptor Peter Reinicke, born in Danzig in 1711, was hired as a model maker in the manufactory on April 1st 1743. Shortly afterwards he created five models of exotic figures for Count Brühl's table, including the Chinese cavalier featured on this writing set. The figure is described in his workshop report from May 1st 1743 as “1 "bajodten" with bare head reaching for his sword”.

Literature

Cf. Berling, Festschrift zur 200jährigen Jubelfeier der ältesten europäischen Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen 1910, Dresden 1911, fig. 84, p. 45.
Cf. Sigalas/Chilton (ed.), All Walks of Life. A Journey with the Alan Shimmerman Collection, Toronto-Stuttgart 2022, cat. no. 153.