CIRCA 1723-25, DREHER'S TO THREE PIECES, FIRST SAUCER WITH DREHER'S X

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A PAIR OF BÖTTGER CHINOISERIE TEABOWLS AND SAUCERS
CIRCA 1723-25, DREHER'S TO THREE PIECES, FIRST SAUCER WITH DREHER'S X
Painted by J.G. Höroldt, the first teabowl with two Orientals feeding cherries to a bird, the second with three Orientals by a table, within flattened quatrefoil gilt cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels edged with gilt scrolls issuing red and pale-brown scrolls, the reverses painted by Stadler with insects and birds flanking flowering branches extending down from the rims, the interiors with Eisenrot stylised river landscapes with fishermen below gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk borders, the saucers with extensive landscapes, the first with two Orientals by a tree, one firing an arrow, a monkey dislodging fruit from the branches, the second saucer with two fishermen, one with a staff suspending three fish and a looped perch for a bird, within similar cartouches and borders, the undersides with concentric iron-red circles (minute wear to gilt rims, saucers with slight wear to cartouches and minute areas of wear, first saucer with minute chip to underside of rim and small restored chip nearby) (2)

Provenance

With Newman & Newman Ltd.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

A similar teabowl and saucer from the Otto Höffer collection, painted with Orientals by J.G. Höroldt and with a similar flowering branch from the rim on the reverse by Stadler, was sold in these Rooms on 5th July 2004, lot 10.

The subject of the second saucer is taken from the Schulz-Codex and shows the fisherman in reverse.

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