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A BERLIN WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
A BERLIN WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
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Ceramics from the Collection of Marjorie West
A BERLIN WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF FREDERICK THE GREAT

CIRCA 1778, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, INCISED CM./13., MODELED BY F.E. MEYER

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A BERLIN WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
CIRCA 1778, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, INCISED CM./13., MODELED BY F.E. MEYER
Finely modeled, wearing an ermine wrap over his armor held with a jeweled clasp, displaying the badge of the order of the Black Eagle
12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) high
Provenance
A Century of Berlin; Christie's, London, 1 May 2002, lot 13.

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Lot Essay

King Freidrich II of Prussia ('Frederick the Great') generally avoided having his portrait painted, but he did allow some portraits to be made of him, including Anna Dorothea Therbusch's sculpted portrait bust which formed the basis of the present porcelain model. For a similar example in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, see by E. Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan 1763-1963, Brunswick, 1966, vol. II, pl. 121.

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