A BÖTTGER RED-STONEWARE BUST OF VITELLIUS perhaps modelled by Paul Heermann, half turned to the right and with moulded and incised hair (firingcrack to back of neck and his left shoulder, the right shoulder with piece broken out and repaired, minor rim chips), circa 1712

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A BÖTTGER RED-STONEWARE BUST OF VITELLIUS perhaps modelled by Paul Heermann, half turned to the right and with moulded and incised hair (firingcrack to back of neck and his left shoulder, the right shoulder with piece broken out and repaired, minor rim chips), circa 1712
10.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. Sonnemann & Wächter, Johann Friedrich Böttger, no. 142 and Stefan Bursche, Meissen Steinzeug und Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, no. 26; for a full discussion of this model see Sigfried Asche 'Die Dresdner Bildhauer des Fühen Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts als Meister des Böttgersteinzeugs und des Böttgerporzellans', Keramos, 49/70, pp. 67-89

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