A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE OF THE FRENCH COURT

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND F, INCISED 21 ½ - 15 ¾, SIGNED IN GILT 'FRZ. XAV. THALLMAIER, KGL. B. HOF. POZELLANNMALER, MÜNCHEN'

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A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE OF THE FRENCH COURT
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK AND F, INCISED 21 ½ - 15 ¾, SIGNED IN GILT 'FRZ. XAV. THALLMAIER, KGL. B. HOF. POZELLANNMALER, MÜNCHEN'
Finely painted after C. Hallé with a view of Louis XIV receiving the Doge of Genoa at Versailles on 15th May 1685
16 ¼ in. (41 cm.) high, 22 in. (55.8 cm.) wide, excluding the carved giltwood frame

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 2008, lot 456.

Lot Essay

Claude-Guy Hallé, French (1652–1736). After the original, Reparation faite Louis XIV par le Doge de Gênes, 1715, in Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, France. The decorating workshop of Franz Xavier Thallmaier produced fine quality painting on blanks from a variety of porcelain manufacturers including Hutschenreuther and Berlin (K.P.M.).

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