THE BEAKER CIRCA 1723-24

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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE TWO-HANDLED BEAKER
THE BEAKER CIRCA 1723-24
The beaker possibly painted by J.G. Höroldt with Orientals on terraces, one side with a seated figure holding a parasol and fishing, the other with a standing figure, within shaped quatrefoil gilt cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels and red scrolls (restored rim chip, wear to rims and interior)

Provenance

Kathy Gillmeister Collection, California, no. G10

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

For a similar beaker with very similar decoration, see William W. Blackburn, 'The length of J.G. Höroldt's career as an artist and other notes', Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz, July 1957, no. 39, pl. V, fig. 12.

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