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Lot Essay
The chinoiserie scenes on the central vase are taken from sheet no. 67 of Höroldt's Schulz-Codex. The scene on the side vase illustrated above right, with the Oriental surrounded by bees, is taken from sheet no. 96. The figures beside a table on the other side of the same vase (illustrated opposite, below, far-right) are taken from sheet no. 102.
The two Italian scenes on the central vase are derived from engravings by Melchior Küssell published in Johann Wilhelm Baur's Iconographia, begreift in sich Allerhand Meerporten, Gaerten Palatia, so durch Italia und benachbarten Provincien zu Melchior Küssell (Augsburg, 1682). The palace shown on the page opposite is taken from plate 22, which shows Cardinal Caraffa's palazzo in Naples. The engraving depicts a pool in front of the palace, but on the vase this has been omitted and replaced by a promenade. The palace illustrated on the detail overleaf is taken from plate 4 which shows the palazzo of the 'Herzogs von Florenz' at Livorno.
The handling of the scenes is similar to that on the reverse of the central vase of a garniture given by Augustus III to Alvise IV Giovanni Mocenigo in 1740, sold in these Rooms on 6th December 2004, lot 399. Unlike the Mocenigo vases, the smaller size of these vases implies that they were designed to be viewed from closer quarters, and they also have the additional inclusion of lustre on the cartouches.
The two Italian scenes on the central vase are derived from engravings by Melchior Küssell published in Johann Wilhelm Baur's Iconographia, begreift in sich Allerhand Meerporten, Gaerten Palatia, so durch Italia und benachbarten Provincien zu Melchior Küssell (Augsburg, 1682). The palace shown on the page opposite is taken from plate 22, which shows Cardinal Caraffa's palazzo in Naples. The engraving depicts a pool in front of the palace, but on the vase this has been omitted and replaced by a promenade. The palace illustrated on the detail overleaf is taken from plate 4 which shows the palazzo of the 'Herzogs von Florenz' at Livorno.
The handling of the scenes is similar to that on the reverse of the central vase of a garniture given by Augustus III to Alvise IV Giovanni Mocenigo in 1740, sold in these Rooms on 6th December 2004, lot 399. Unlike the Mocenigo vases, the smaller size of these vases implies that they were designed to be viewed from closer quarters, and they also have the additional inclusion of lustre on the cartouches.