Lot Essay
Meinz, op.cit., pp. 101-107 illustrates several examples of this form, but none of them has a blue Netzrelief comparable to the present example
CIRCA 1760
Details
A Magdeburg baluster vase and cover
Circa 1760
Moulded in relief with rococo wave-scroll cartouches enclosing scenes of playing putti and rustic lovers on a ground of cell-pattern moulded in relief and enriched in blue, the neck and foot with bouquets of flowers in manganese and green, the domed cover with flower finial (parts of two petals lacking, surface wear to glaze), green M mark
13in. (33cm.) high
Circa 1760
Moulded in relief with rococo wave-scroll cartouches enclosing scenes of playing putti and rustic lovers on a ground of cell-pattern moulded in relief and enriched in blue, the neck and foot with bouquets of flowers in manganese and green, the domed cover with flower finial (parts of two petals lacking, surface wear to glaze), green M mark
13in. (33cm.) high
Provenance
Otto Blohm, no. 981