A BÖTTGER RED STONEWARE LEAF-SHAPED PICKLE-DISH
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A BÖTTGER RED STONEWARE LEAF-SHAPED PICKLE-DISH

CIRCA 1715-20

Details
A BÖTTGER RED STONEWARE LEAF-SHAPED PICKLE-DISH
CIRCA 1715-20
Modelled by Johann Jacob Irminger, with a branch moulded handle, the underside moulded with a flowering branch forming the feet
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
Dr. Andreina Torre, and thence by descent

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Lot Essay

This form is derived from a Chinese original. Similar examples are in the Gotha Schlossmuseum and the Wuertthembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart. For the example in Nürnberg, see Pechstein and Götz, 'Böttgersteinzeug und frhes Meissener Porzellan' Germanisches National Museum Catalogue (Nürnberg, 1982), p. 58, no. 42. Another example is illustrated in 'Meissen Frühzeit und Gegenwart Johann Friedrich Böttger zum Geburtstag' Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden and VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, Meissen Exhibition Catalogue (1982), pl..

An example was sold Christie's London, 10 july 2007, lot 21.

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