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Staatliche Porzellan-manufactory Berlin

So-called Mondrian Vase (also Chinese vase as the base of a lamp). After designs by Ernst Böhm (1890–1963). 1926

KPM-model number 2.053 (circa 1855) / porcelain, with figures, gilt. 66 cm (26 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Staatliche Porzellan-manufactory Berlin. So-called Mondrian Vase (also Chinese vase as the base of a lamp). After designs by Ernst Böhm (1890–1963). 1926.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 10,000

USD 10,960

 

- 13,700

Sold for:

23,125 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 29.05.2014

Information

KPM-model number 2.053 (circa 1855) / porcelain, with figures, gilt. 66 cm (26 in.). Red overglaze globus cruciger over K.P.M., imprinted year letter alpha (for 1926). The blue sceptre mark no longer visible as a result of the holes bored for the mounting. Original lamp device (110 cm).

Comparable object and related literature: Karl Bröhan: Bestandskatalog des Bröhan-Museums, Berlin 1993, p. 226, no. 226 / Hartmut Krohm (ed.): Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin 1763-2013. Porzellankunst aus privaten Sammlungen, Petersberg 2013, cat. no. 77, p.176f.

We would like to thank Tim D. Gronert for the provision of materials from his publication: Berliner Porzellan 1918 – 1968. Künstler und Werke der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (anticipated for publication in spring 2015)..

Private collection, Berlin

The model: Mostra internazionale delle arti decorative in Monza, 1927 / Wohnungskunst-Ausstellung in Düsseldorf, 1928 / Leistungsschau der Deutschen Porzellan-Industrie in Wiesbaden, 1928

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1927/28, vol. 61, p. 225, p. 227 / Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1928/ 29, vol. 63, p. 80 / Sprechsaal für Keramik, 1929, vol. 62, no. 8, p.145

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