THE VASE CIRCA 1735, DREHER'S QUARTERED CIRCLE TO BASE, THE COVER PROBABLY CIRCA 1740-45, THE DECORATION OF BOTH CIRCA 1740-45

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A MEISSEN BALUSTER TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER
THE VASE CIRCA 1735, DREHER'S QUARTERED CIRCLE TO BASE, THE COVER PROBABLY CIRCA 1740-45, THE DECORATION OF BOTH CIRCA 1740-45
The front painted with a pastoral scene of a peasant family in a landscape, the reverse with a luxuriant bouquet surrounded by scattered insects, divided by boldly modelled scroll and Frauenkopf handles, the waisted neck with butterflies, the domed cover similarly decorated below a finial formed as a tied bouquet of flowers, gilt line borders (one applied flower a restored replacement, minor chipping and repairs to flowers and foliage)
14½ in. (37 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 28th February 1994, lot 242

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Lot Essay

The slightly ground base indicates sagging during firing, and it is probable that the vase remained un-decorated for a few years. The cover is clearly decorated by the same hand and the whole ensemble was probably completed by circa 1745. A vase of similar form from the same garniture as vases in the State Collection, Dresden, was sold by Christie's New York on 24th May 2001, lot 350. For another elaborately mounted example with 'green Watteau' decoration, and with an ormolu cover, see M. Cassidy-Geiger et al., Fragile Diplomacy, Bard Graduate Center, New York, Exhibition Catalogue (Singapore, 2007), pp. 161-162, fig. 7-28.

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