CIRCA 1715-20 OR CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION PROBABLY CIRCA 1735-40

Details

A BÖTTGER OR VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) HAUSMALEREI SAUCER
CIRCA 1715-20 OR CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION PROBABLY CIRCA 1735-40
Painted in Schwarzlot, perhaps at Bayreuth, by the 'Indian Ink Painter', with figures on a quayside with rowing boats departing, before buildings and towers with hills in the distance within a border of pendant husks from diaper panels flanked by C-scrolls (two small restored chips to underside of rim, slight wear to gilt cartouche)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 24th February 2003, lot 79

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

For a discussion of the 'Indian Ink Painter', see Sebastian Kuhn, 'Bayreuth Hausmaler?' in Meredith Chilton et al., Fired by Passion, Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius du Paquier (Stuttgart, 2009), Vol. I, pp. 543-544, where he illustrates other pieces and Vol. III, p. 1234, no. 68, where he lists other known examples. Another un-listed example is the plate in the Syz Collection, see Hans Syz, et al., Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection (Washington D.C., 1979), pp. 552-553, no. 371.

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