An ‘equestrian monument for August III’,
On a raised base, he sits with his head held high in the saddle on a stallion performing a courbette, imperiously holding a marshal’s stick in his right hand and the reins in his left. Assuming the appearance of a powerful ruler, he is wearing the armour of a Roman emperor, his gaze fixed decisively on a distant point, porcelain, polychrome and gilt figural group, height 35 cm, with wooden base height 55 cm, probably Edm. Samson, Paris, apocryphal blue sword mark to unglazed base circa 1875, variant model after J. J. Kändler circa 1753 (Ru)
Lit.: Porzellan Sammlung Dresden, Führer durch die ständige Ausstellung im Zwinger, Dresden 1998, p. 231 ill., p. 230. Text: “Thus, regardless of reality, the monument as a whole functions not just to create an apotheosis of King August III, depicted as a hero, but also gives form to the political power of the Saxon-Polish union and the claim to the Polish crown of the Prince Elector,” modelled by J. J. Kändler, model 1753, height 135 cm, width 117 cm, depth 94 cm, unmarked;
Karl Berling, Meissner Porzellan und seine Geschichte, Leipzig 1900, fig. 151;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
21.10.2015 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 6,250.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 4,000.- to EUR 7,000.-
An ‘equestrian monument for August III’,
On a raised base, he sits with his head held high in the saddle on a stallion performing a courbette, imperiously holding a marshal’s stick in his right hand and the reins in his left. Assuming the appearance of a powerful ruler, he is wearing the armour of a Roman emperor, his gaze fixed decisively on a distant point, porcelain, polychrome and gilt figural group, height 35 cm, with wooden base height 55 cm, probably Edm. Samson, Paris, apocryphal blue sword mark to unglazed base circa 1875, variant model after J. J. Kändler circa 1753 (Ru)
Lit.: Porzellan Sammlung Dresden, Führer durch die ständige Ausstellung im Zwinger, Dresden 1998, p. 231 ill., p. 230. Text: “Thus, regardless of reality, the monument as a whole functions not just to create an apotheosis of King August III, depicted as a hero, but also gives form to the political power of the Saxon-Polish union and the claim to the Polish crown of the Prince Elector,” modelled by J. J. Kändler, model 1753, height 135 cm, width 117 cm, depth 94 cm, unmarked;
Karl Berling, Meissner Porzellan und seine Geschichte, Leipzig 1900, fig. 151;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art (Furniture, Sculpture, Glass and porcelain) |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.10.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 10.10. - 21.10.2015 |
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