Lot Essay
See Handt and Rakebrandt, Meissener Porzellan des 18.Jahrhunderts, pl. 41 for the pendant to this vase, still in the collections at Dresden
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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A MEISSEN HUNTING VASE AND COVER
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark
Of baluster form with domed cover and baroque Frauenkopf scroll handles, the front painted in colors with a staghunt, the mounted hunters and their hounds galloping out of a wood at the left, the stag leaping free at the right, a hound at his heels, a church and mountain in the background, reserved within an elaborate ombrierte gilt cartouche of foliate scrolls and diaper-pattern panels centering a basket of flowers at the top and a scallop shell at the bottom, grotesque masks in profile at each side, the shoulder and foot similarly gilt with diaper-pattern lappets and foliate scrolls, the domed cover with a similar cartopuche and with a hunter and three hounds on a similarly gilt bracket
15¼in. (38.8cm.) high
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark
Of baluster form with domed cover and baroque Frauenkopf scroll handles, the front painted in colors with a staghunt, the mounted hunters and their hounds galloping out of a wood at the left, the stag leaping free at the right, a hound at his heels, a church and mountain in the background, reserved within an elaborate ombrierte gilt cartouche of foliate scrolls and diaper-pattern panels centering a basket of flowers at the top and a scallop shell at the bottom, grotesque masks in profile at each side, the shoulder and foot similarly gilt with diaper-pattern lappets and foliate scrolls, the domed cover with a similar cartopuche and with a hunter and three hounds on a similarly gilt bracket
15¼in. (38.8cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 6 June 1973, lot 6
Literature
Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Antique Porcelain in Color, Meissen, New York, 1971, color plate p. 71
Robert E. Röntgen, The Book of Meissen, 1984, plate 129
Robert E. Röntgen, The Book of Meissen, 1984, plate 129
Sale room notice
Please note that the estimate should read $20,000-30,000.
Additional Provenance: The Property of a European Collector; Christie's, London, 24 March 1969, Lot 75 (2362,10 pounds sterling)
Additional Provenance: The Property of a European Collector; Christie's, London, 24 March 1969, Lot 75 (2362,10 pounds sterling)