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Lot 1055 Dα

A Meissen porcelain teapot with K.P.M mark and Hoeroldt chinoiseries

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain teapot with K.P.M mark and Hoeroldt chinoiseries

Tapering bulbous vessel with handle and spout issuing from mascarons. With a matching associated lid. Decorated on either side with finely painted chinoiserie scenes showing figures at a table beneath canopies and accompanied by musicians in large quatrefoil rocaille surrounds. Blue K.P.M., coffee pot and lid with gold 16. (reapplied). The lid replaced, the mascaron and the spout restored, the end of the spout reattached. H with lid 12.8, H without lid 9 cm.
Circa 1723, decor attributed to Johann Gregorius Hoeroldt.

Provenance

North German private collection.

Literature

A coffee pot with similar decor illustrated in cat. Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich 1997, no. 2.

Similar decor on Meissen items also attributed to Hoeroldt formerly housed in the collection of Said and Roswitha Marouf (see cat. Passion for Meissen, Stuttgart 2010, no. 9 ff.

The design upon which the musician scene is based illustrated in cat. Exotische Welten, Der Schulz-Codex und das frühe Meissener Porzellan, Leipzig 2010, sheet 107."