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A The Hague-decorated Ansbach trompe l'oeil chamberstick and cover
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A The Hague-decorated Ansbach trompe l'oeil chamberstick and cover

1776-1790, UNDERGLAZE BLUE STORK MARK, IMPRESSED I

細節
A The Hague-decorated Ansbach trompe l'oeil chamberstick and cover
1776-1790, UNDERGLAZE BLUE STORK MARK, IMPRESSED I
Modelled as a single-handled chamberstick moulded in relief with ribbons and painted with flower sprays, applied with trompe l'oeil scissors, red wax and a seal, the cover modelled as a half-burned candle above a 'spades' playing-card drip-pan (extremity scissors restored)
12.5 cm. high
See a photo of the mark on p.88 (2)
來源
The I.S. de Vries Collection of Dutch Porcelain; Christie's, Amsterdam, 6 November 1990, lot 239.
注意事項
Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

拍品專文

See Scholten, 2000, p.58 and p.110 for a similar object in the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Unusual is the underglaze blue stork mark, which indicates that the Ansbach porcelain was still unglazed 'biscuit' when imported, or that the mark was added already in the Ansbach manufactory.