LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED F&M MONOGRAM MARK FOR FISCHER & MIEG

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A MONUMENTAL VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASE AND STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED F&M MONOGRAM MARK FOR FISCHER & MIEG
Of baluster form, finely painted front and back with scenes likely based on the Wagnerian opera Lohengrin, flanked by elaborate gilt scroll and platinum enriched handles with ram's mask terminals, the shoulder and lower body gadrooned, the neck, socle and cylindrical stand enriched with gilt scrollwork
41 3/8 in. (105.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 September 1994, lot 68.

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Lot Essay

First produced in 1850 under the direction of Franz Liszt, Lohengrin was an immediate success and one of Richard Wagner's most famous operas. These scenes here, taken from German mediaeval folklore, likely depict Lohengrin's Ankunft (arrival), and Lohengrin's Abshied (farewell).

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