A Covered Vase with Painted Floral Motifs after ‘Merian’,
porcelain, cover and body with narrow and wide gilt edges, polychrome painted royal crown, forget-me-knot branches, red poppy, polychrome and white primroses with roots, morning glories and aquilegia ‘fleus en terasse’ insects, dragonfly, caterpillars, bee, beetle and 4 butterflies, cover with bird perched on blooming branch as finial, height 43.5 cm, without cover height 32.5 cm
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark c. 2011, decoration number 20a081, form number 51323, gold special signet L in ligature and Meissen, limited edition of 25 pieces (Ru)
Maria Sibylla Merian, Frankfurt am Main 2.4.1647 - 13.1.1717 Amsterdam, German painter, engraver and entomologist, daughter of Matthäus Merian the Elder, worked in Nuremberg, the Netherlands and in Surinam in 1699-1701, painted watercolours, wrote and illustrated 'Florum Fasciculi tres', 1671, 'Der Raupen wunderbare Wandlung', 1679 and 1683, as well as 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
05.11.2020 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 11,101.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 6,000.- to EUR 9,000.-
A Covered Vase with Painted Floral Motifs after ‘Merian’,
porcelain, cover and body with narrow and wide gilt edges, polychrome painted royal crown, forget-me-knot branches, red poppy, polychrome and white primroses with roots, morning glories and aquilegia ‘fleus en terasse’ insects, dragonfly, caterpillars, bee, beetle and 4 butterflies, cover with bird perched on blooming branch as finial, height 43.5 cm, without cover height 32.5 cm
Meissen, underglaze blue crossed swords mark c. 2011, decoration number 20a081, form number 51323, gold special signet L in ligature and Meissen, limited edition of 25 pieces (Ru)
Maria Sibylla Merian, Frankfurt am Main 2.4.1647 - 13.1.1717 Amsterdam, German painter, engraver and entomologist, daughter of Matthäus Merian the Elder, worked in Nuremberg, the Netherlands and in Surinam in 1699-1701, painted watercolours, wrote and illustrated 'Florum Fasciculi tres', 1671, 'Der Raupen wunderbare Wandlung', 1679 and 1683, as well as 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705;
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 05.11.2020 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 29.10. - 05.11.2020 |
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