Lot Essay
For other Nymphenburg pieces with Goldchinesen decoration, see A. Ziffer, op. cit. (Stuttgart, 1997), nos. 561-563.
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CIRCA 1761-4, IMPRESSED SHIELD MARK ABOVE DREHER'S . TO FOOTRIM
Details
A NYMPHENBURG GOLDCHINESEN MILK-JUG AND COVER
CIRCA 1761-4, IMPRESSED SHIELD MARK ABOVE DREHER'S . TO FOOTRIM
Of baluster form with a double-scroll handle, decorated in the manner of the Seuter workshop, one side with an Oriental entertaining children, the other with a musician playing a horn, a figure nearby, on terraces with trees, fences and shrubs on interlocking scroll supports, below a scalloped gilt band border edged with husks and beaded C-scrolls, the domed cover with two birds flanking a gilt knop finial, within a similar border (very slight wear to gilding, cover with minute chip to underisde of rim, finial a restored replacement)
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1761-4, IMPRESSED SHIELD MARK ABOVE DREHER'S . TO FOOTRIM
Of baluster form with a double-scroll handle, decorated in the manner of the Seuter workshop, one side with an Oriental entertaining children, the other with a musician playing a horn, a figure nearby, on terraces with trees, fences and shrubs on interlocking scroll supports, below a scalloped gilt band border edged with husks and beaded C-scrolls, the domed cover with two birds flanking a gilt knop finial, within a similar border (very slight wear to gilding, cover with minute chip to underisde of rim, finial a restored replacement)
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's London, 24th March, 1969, lot 46
With A. Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1969.
With A. Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1969.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
