CIRCA 1725, THE JUG WITH BLUE AR MONOGRAM MARK, THE STAND WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, BOTH WITH DREHER'S ..

細節

A Meissen chinoiserie jug and two-handled stand
Circa 1725, the jug with blue AR monogram mark, the stand with blue crossed swords mark, both with Dreher's ..
Painted by J.G. Höroldt, the flared beaker-shaped jug with loop handle and pinched lip, with two panels of Oriental figures on terraces with flowering shrubs and insects in flight above, within gilt quatrefoil cartouches with elaborate Böttger-lustre panels edged with gilt scrolls suporting vases, red and purple scrolls and drapery, flanked by indianische Blumen and insects, the spout with three similar shaped Böttger-lustre panels, the stand with an Oriental lady seated with a child on her lap and taking tea, an Oriental peering through an opening in an arched screen surmounted by two vases and exotic birds, within a similar elaborate quatrefoil cartouche, the lappet handles with Böttger-lustre panels with gilt scrolls and flowerheads, the underside with indianische Blumen and two insects, both pieces with interlocking gilt C-scroll borders and gilt line rims (some very slight wear to gilding at centre of saucer and to lip and rim of jug)
The jug 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high, the stand 7¾ in. (19.8 cm.) wide

來源

Anon., sale Christie's London, 28th March 1977, lot 41 (part)

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

Although jugs of this form have previously been described as cream-jugs, they were more probably for soup. The liquid was served in the jug and then poured into the stand to be drunk.

The example in the Rijksmseum, formerly in the Erich v. Goldschmidt Rothschild and Fritz Mannheimer Collections, has identical cartouches to the present lot. The saucer however is marked with an AR monogram, the only instance known on this form. According to the Rijksmuseum Catalogue, Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 2000), p. 119, no. 68, AR marked cups and saucers were intended for the court at Dresden.