A rare set of three Berlin faience vases and covers - image-1

Lot 115 Dα

A rare set of three Berlin faience vases and covers

Auction 1150 - overview Berlin
16.05.2020, 12:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
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A rare set of three Berlin faience vases and covers

Baluster-form vase of octagonal section, original lids with with acorn finials. Decorated with bird motifs and indianische blumen in reserves, the middle vase with four, the smaller two with three reserves. Unmarked. One with old restorations to the neck, localised wear to the glaze. H 42.5 and 38.5 cm.
Manufactory of Cornelius Funcke, 1st quarter 18th C.

Provenance

Sotheby´s London, 2nd April 2003, lot 19.
Lower Saxon private collection.

Literature

A vase with identical decor in the collection of the Kestner-Museum in Hannover (in cat.: Herrliche Künste und Manufacturen, Berlin 2001, no. 98).