An Anton Kothgasser beaker,
glass, colourless, cylindrical body with gilt edging, cut ligature monogram AJ, flanked by foliate branches bound with bow, base with fly, height 9.5 cm, red signature A. K., Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, c. 1815 (Ru)
Lit.: Rudolf von Strasser, Die Einschreibebüchlein des Wiener Glas- und Porzellanmalers Anton Kothgassers 1769–1851, 1977, p. 90 ff, this publication lists several glasses with flies. Flies were part of the decorative repertoire in the transparent painting of Johann Schapers, 1621–1760, as well as Samuel Mohn around 1812 and his son Gottlob Samuel Mohn around 1815. This depiction's symbolism alludes to the carefree life of the bachelor, the fly.
See 'Glas und Porzellan' Catalogue Lot 811 from April 2, 2009, Dorotheum, Vienna;
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 3,302.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 3,000.- to EUR 4,500.-
An Anton Kothgasser beaker,
glass, colourless, cylindrical body with gilt edging, cut ligature monogram AJ, flanked by foliate branches bound with bow, base with fly, height 9.5 cm, red signature A. K., Anton Kothgasser, Vienna, c. 1815 (Ru)
Lit.: Rudolf von Strasser, Die Einschreibebüchlein des Wiener Glas- und Porzellanmalers Anton Kothgassers 1769–1851, 1977, p. 90 ff, this publication lists several glasses with flies. Flies were part of the decorative repertoire in the transparent painting of Johann Schapers, 1621–1760, as well as Samuel Mohn around 1812 and his son Gottlob Samuel Mohn around 1815. This depiction's symbolism alludes to the carefree life of the bachelor, the fly.
See 'Glas und Porzellan' Catalogue Lot 811 from April 2, 2009, Dorotheum, Vienna;
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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