A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN CELADON-GROUND 'VEDUTA' VASE (AMPHORA MIT GREIFENKOPFHENKELN)

CIRCA 1855, BLUE SEAL AND SCEPTRE MARK, IRON-RED ORB AND GILT +

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN CELADON-GROUND 'VEDUTA' VASE (AMPHORA MIT GREIFENKOPFHENKELN)
Circa 1855, blue seal and sceptre mark, iron-red orb and gilt +
The waisted cylindrical neck chased with a band of oak leaves, flanked by scrolling arched griffin mask handles, the amphora form vase finely painted front and back with views of Schloss Babelsberg in Potsdam, identified in German on the interior, each view within a richly gilt rectangular surround with burnished arches and stylized fronds at the corners and middle of each side, the ground gilt with scroll work, lappets and anthemion, on socle and square base
22¼in. (56.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Derek Ostergard, ed., Along the Royal Road, Berlin and Potsdam in KPM Porcelain and Paintng 1815-1848, Bard Graduate Center Exhibition, New York, 1993, p. 174 for a tray from a Royal presentation travel service painted with these views; also see Erich Köllman, Berliner Porzellan 1763-1963, Braunschweig, 1966, Band II, Tafel 229, for an example of the same form, Scheffler, Formbibel Nr. 30, which was originally produced between 1855-1860.

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