CIRCA 1738

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A MEISSEN STAND FROM A TAFELAUFSATZ
CIRCA 1738
Modelled by J.J. Kändler, of crescent form with angled ends, the stepped front moulded with a band of pendant tasselled lambrequins, the serpentine central part with a large gilt-edged and tasselled drape, the top painted in the Kakiemon palette with flowering prunus and bamboo issuing from bound grasses (areas of wear to gilding and surface, large crack to body and left angle, angles and upper part of drape with restored chips and areas, reverse partially ground, slight chipping to extremities and tassels, three with re-touching to gilding)
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) wide

Provenance

With Segal, Basel.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For an assembled Tafelaufsatz from the service made for Fieldmarshal Graf von Münnich (modelled by Kändler in 1738) with a base comprised of elements very similar to the present lot, see Ingelore Menzhausen, 'Kunstschätze aus Dresden' Kunsthaus Zürich Exhibition Catalogue (1971), p. 349, fig. 67, Kat. no. 346.

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