Lot Essay
Two comparable saucers with Schwarzlot decoration in the style attributed to Ignaz Preissler were sold in these Rooms on 21st February 2005, lot 145.
CIRCA 1725, INCISED TO FOOTRIM, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER
Details
A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) HAUSMALEREI SAUCER
CIRCA 1725, INCISED TO FOOTRIM, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER
Probably painted in Breslau in the manner of Ignaz Bottengruber, with a Bacchic scene of Satyrs, Bacchante and putti, one Satyr with a basket of fruit, another drinking, among trees and rockwork (scratching to enamels, chip to underside of rim, firing fault to footrim)
5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1725, INCISED TO FOOTRIM, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER
Probably painted in Breslau in the manner of Ignaz Bottengruber, with a Bacchic scene of Satyrs, Bacchante and putti, one Satyr with a basket of fruit, another drinking, among trees and rockwork (scratching to enamels, chip to underside of rim, firing fault to footrim)
5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 7th October 1996, lot 315
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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