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Staatliche Porzellan-manufactory Berlin

Cacti box with figures of the Commedia dell'Arte. Executed after the design by Richard Seewald (1889–1976). 1927

Porcelain, with figures. 27 x 23 x 15 cm (10 ⅝ x 9 x 5 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Staatliche Porzellan-manufactory Berlin. Cacti box with figures of the Commedia dell'Arte. Executed after the design by Richard Seewald (1889–1976). 1927.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 12,000

USD 13,700

 

- 16,400

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 29.05.2014

Information

Porcelain, with figures. 27 x 23 x 15 cm (10 ⅝ x 9 x 5 ⅞ in.). Blue underglaze sceptre mark, blue overglaze globus cruciger over K.P.M., imprinted greek letter beta (for the year 1927).

Related literature: Anton Sailer: Richard Seewald 1889-1976, Munich 1977.

Comparable illustration: Erich Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan 1763-1963, Brunswick 1966, vol. I, p. 241 / Erich Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan, Munich 1987, vol. I, p. 211, ill. 131.

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 spring 2015).

Private collection, Berlin

Of the model: Weltausstellung in Barcelona, 1929 / special exhibition „Berliner Porzellan“ in Berlin, 1930 / German porcelain exhibition in The Hague, 1931 / Sechs Jahrtausende Töpferkunst in der Akademie der Künste in Berlin, 1934

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