Bowl from the ownership of August II, King of Poland and Prince Elector of Saxony with Johanneum number and quail décor,
Bowl from the ownership of August II, King of Poland and Prince Elector of Saxony with Johanneum number and quail décor,
porcelain, octagonal body with brown rims, polychrome and gilt-painted peonies, bamboo and prunus, pair of quails and indianische floral stems, height 8.6 cm, Ø 17.5 cm, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark 1732–1735, former mark // Johann Gottlieb Geithner 1707–1761, inventory number of the Royal Porcelain Collection at the Japanische Palais at Dresden, incised black Johanneum no. N=329W (Ru)
Lit.: U. Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellan, Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich 1997, p. 144, ill. 104;
the original version of the quail décor was taken from Chinese decorative painting from the Song period; it inspired the Japanese court painter, Mitsuoki Tosa, 1617–1691, whose images were the immediate precedent for the Kakiemon painters. The image of the quail pair in combination with the prunus tree and the kikyo plant was exclusively used for the export market by Japanese porcelain painters and copied by painters at Meissen.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
10.04.2014 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 3,810.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 4,500.- to EUR 6,500.-
Bowl from the ownership of August II, King of Poland and Prince Elector of Saxony with Johanneum number and quail décor,
porcelain, octagonal body with brown rims, polychrome and gilt-painted peonies, bamboo and prunus, pair of quails and indianische floral stems, height 8.6 cm, Ø 17.5 cm, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark 1732–1735, former mark // Johann Gottlieb Geithner 1707–1761, inventory number of the Royal Porcelain Collection at the Japanische Palais at Dresden, incised black Johanneum no. N=329W (Ru)
Lit.: U. Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellan, Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich 1997, p. 144, ill. 104;
the original version of the quail décor was taken from Chinese decorative painting from the Song period; it inspired the Japanese court painter, Mitsuoki Tosa, 1617–1691, whose images were the immediate precedent for the Kakiemon painters. The image of the quail pair in combination with the prunus tree and the kikyo plant was exclusively used for the export market by Japanese porcelain painters and copied by painters at Meissen.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Glass and porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 10.04.2014 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 29.03. - 10.04.2014 |
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