A Berlin documentary two-handled krater Vase and a plinth
Circa 1823, underglaze blue sceptre above stencilled brown eagle over K.P.M. mark
Painted with figures promenading and at various pursuits on Unter den Linden with the Brandenburg gate in the distance, signed J. Forstf, in the lower left-hand corner and named Die Linden Promenade in Berlin below within the rectangular gilt palmette cartouche, the reverse with a salmon-pink ground rectangular panel richly gilt with scrolling foliage within a white rectangular border gilt with palmettes and scrolls, the bulbous lower part richly gilt and chased with scrolling foliage on a hatched ground and with gilt loop handles, the waisted gilt foot and square narrow plinth base similarly decorated, the richly gilt upper rim with a band of scrolling foliage against a vermiculé ground, the vase standing on a high plinth with green-ground panels to the sides with gilt scrolling foliage within gilt borders (slight scratch and rubbing to top surface of lower plinth)
22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.) high overall (2)
A Berlin documentary two-handled krater Vase and a plinth
Circa 1823, underglaze blue sceptre above stencilled brown eagle over K.P.M. mark
Painted with figures promenading and at various pursuits on Unter den Linden with the Brandenburg gate in the distance, signed J. Forstf, in the lower left-hand corner and named Die Linden Promenade in Berlin below within the rectangular gilt palmette cartouche, the reverse with a salmon-pink ground rectangular panel richly gilt with scrolling foliage within a white rectangular border gilt with palmettes and scrolls, the bulbous lower part richly gilt and chased with scrolling foliage on a hatched ground and with gilt loop handles, the waisted gilt foot and square narrow plinth base similarly decorated, the richly gilt upper rim with a band of scrolling foliage against a vermiculé ground, the vase standing on a high plinth with green-ground panels to the sides with gilt scrolling foliage within gilt borders (slight scratch and rubbing to top surface of lower plinth)
22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.) high overall (2)
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