No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more

THE OTTO HÖFFER COLLECTION The following 88 lots were put together over a period of more than more than 40 years. The collection charts many of the courtly fashions of the 18th century, from the early baroque period to the neoclassical. Mr Höffer's collection has been formed with a passion for the designs of 18th century porcelain, and of particular interest are the large number of European pieces which have been derived from Oriental originals. These are, in some cases, sold with closely corresponding originals.

A Chinese Hausmalerei saucer

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1700, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1725

Details

A Chinese Hausmalerei saucer
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1700, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1725
Finely painted in Schwarzlot, probably by Ignaz Preissler, with boating figures on an estuary by a fine town with spires and towers before distant mountains (broken through and restored, some areas of slight wear)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diam.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

See the pair of Chinese Hausmalerei saucers from the Princes Reuss Collection sold by Christie's at Gera on 26th-27th May 1998, lot 156, where the treatment of the clouds is very similar. Another teabowl and saucer in the Hans Syz Collection is illustrated by Hans Syz et. al. Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection (Washington, D.C., 1979), no. 351, where it is also attributed to the Preissler workshop. It is possible that all four once formed part of the same service.

More from CONTINENTAL CERAMICS

View All