A BÖTTGER BLACK-GLAZED RED STONEWARE HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDY AND COVER
A BÖTTGER BLACK-GLAZED RED STONEWARE HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDY AND COVER
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A BÖTTGER BLACK-GLAZED RED STONEWARE HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDY AND COVER

CIRCA 1710-1713, BLACK JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NO. N.39

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A BÖTTGER BLACK-GLAZED RED STONEWARE HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDY AND COVER
CIRCA 1710-1713, BLACK JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NO. N.39
Glazed to imitate lacquer, each panel molded and gilt alternately with birds perched and flying among flowering tea plants, the circular cover similarly decorated with a flower
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Augustus II (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Japanese Palace, Dresden.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 9 November 1987, lot 143.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1997, lot 289.

Lot Essay

The present lot is one of the four from the "Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden Anna 1721", included section 10 "Schwartz Porcelain" no 39 vier 6 eckige mit Blumen bedegte, und nachmals vergoldte Thee Büchsen, mit ihren platten Deckeln.5 1/2 Z hoch 4 Z in diam. For a nearly identical example, see M. Kopplin, ed., Schwartz Porcelain, Munich, 2003, p. 165, no. 76. Cf. Ingelore Menzhausen, J.F. Böttger die Erfindung des Europäischen Porzellans, 1982, pl. 63; see also the example sold at Christie's, London from the Nelte Collection on 12 October 1995, lot 102. Also compare the teacaddy of the same form and gilt decoration but on a white ground, H. Syz et al, Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington D.C., 1979, pp. 54-55, no. 26.

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