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Meissen Porcelain

Dessert plate with squirrel decoration and chequered brocade patter, 24-cornered cut border and brown rim. Circa 1740

Porcelain, coloured painting, gold decoration. 3,4 cm; Ø 24,7 cm (1 ⅜ in.; Ø 9 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Meissen Porcelain. Dessert plate with squirrel decoration and chequered brocade patter, 24-cornered cut border and brown rim. Circa 1740.

Estimate:

EUR 5,000

 

- 7,000

USD 5,620

 

- 7,870

Sold for:

6,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Orangerie Selected Objects, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Porcelain, coloured painting, gold decoration. 3,4 cm; Ø 24,7 cm (1 ⅜ in.; Ø 9 ¾ in.). Crossed swords mark in blue underglaze; imprinted mark: 20.

Comparable examples: Dessert plate with squirrel decoration and chess-board pattern: Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, inv. no. HF 67 / Schloß Lustheim, inv. no. ES 1597

Related literature: Ulrich Pietsch: Early Meissen Porcelain: The Wark Collection from The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, London 2011, no. 263 / Masako Shono: Japanisches Aritaporzellan im sog. „Kakiemonstil“ als Vorbild für die Meißener Porzellanmanufaktur, Munich 1973, p. 26f., ill. 35/36.

1987–2010 collection Horst and Dieter Hoffmeister, Hamburg

1999–2009 Museum für Kunst and Gewerbe, Hamburg

Dieter Hoffmeister: Meissner Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg 1999, vol. I, no. 118 / Auction catalogue: The Hoffmeister Collection, Part II, Bonhams, London, 26 May 2010, lot 27

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