A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE 'DER FRÜCHTENFRANZ'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARKS, INCISED 485, IMPRESSED W,T AND 290,

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE 'DER FRÜCHTENFRANZ'
Late 19th century, impressed monogram and sceptre marks, incised 485, impressed W,T and 290,
Finely painted after Peter Paul Rubens with a procession of seven putti carrying a large ribbon-tied festoon of fruit in a wooded landscape
11½ x 19in. (29.2 x 48.3cm.), within black painted gilt wood frame

Lot Essay

See The M.W. Zahorchak Collection, Christie's East, New York, 16 October 1984, lot 81 for a similar example illustrated on the catalogue front cover; also see E. Steingräber, Alte Pinakothek München, p. 455, no. 330 for an illustration of the original oil on canvas, circa 1616.

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