CIRCA 1730, KRONSTADT

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A 'Schwarzlot' chinoiserie flaring beaker by Ignaz Preissler
CIRCA 1730, KRONSTADT
The flaring bowl painted with a standing Mandarin, flanked by a servant holding his sleeves, waving his right hand to a kneeling servant presenting a fruit-filled tray to him, flanked by two palm trees, the reverse with distant tent-like architectural structures, further with two flies, on short foot
9.5 cm. high

Provenance

From the Rudolf von Gutmann Collection.
And thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

The decoration was executed by Ignaz Preissler (b. 1676), who was employed as a Hausmaler by Count Franz Karl Liebsteinsky von Kolowrat from 1716-1753 in Reichenau Castle, Kronstadt, in Bohemia. See Rudolf von Strasser Twelve Preissler Glasses, Journal of Glass Studies, The Corning Museum of Glass, 1973, Vol. XV, pp. 135-142, for a discussion of twelve 'Schwarzlot' glasses which he argues represent the only tangible basis for attribution of Preissler's work in the absence of any definite documentary pieces.
For related tumblers see R. von Strasser, Licht und Farbe, Vienna, 2002, p.170 ills. 96-97 for similar Orientals and palm trees.

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