A BERLIN K.P.M. 'VEDUTEN' VASE (FRANZÖSISCHE VASE)

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A BERLIN K.P.M. 'VEDUTEN' VASE (FRANZÖSISCHE VASE)
CIRCA 1840, BLUE SCEPTRE OVER KPM MARK, INCISED 11/Z

Of balustre form with gilt scroll handles, finely painted with scenes of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate on one side and the Royal Palace and Long Bridge on the other, each panel within a gilt surround, the everted mouth, neck, handles, lower body and foot solidly gilt, the surface of the mouth rim chased with vermiculé, raised on a square base, minor scratches to the right side of the palace
13 3/8in. (34cm.) high

拍品專文

The form of the 'Französische Vase' was developed by Friedrich August Stüler (1800-1865). See Winifred Baer, et el, Carl Daniel Freydanck 1811-1887, Ein VedutenMaler der KPM, Berlin, 1987, cat. no. P13d for a working drawing by Stüler of a vase of this form showing the same wreath of moulded stiff leaf tips surrounding the join of the scroll handle to the body of the vase.

The view of the Royal Palace and Long Bridge is based on view in watercolour and ink executed in 1832 by Johann Christian August Walter and now in the collection of the Könliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, Berlin and on a painting by Carl Daniel Freydanck of 1842 now in the KPM Archive, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin. Cf. Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Along the Royal Road: Berlin and Potsdam in KPM Porcelain and Painting 1815-1848, The Bard Center for Graduate Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, 1993, cat. nos. 6 & 7

The Brandenburg Gate, closely identified with the city of Berlin, was designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans between 1733 and 1808. A larger vase of the same shape and painted with the same view of the gate as the present example is in a private collection. Cf. Ostergard, ed., op cit., no. 30