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Lot 730 Dα

An important glass goblet commemorating Johann Georg III of Saxony

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.500 € (incl. premium)
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An important glass goblet commemorating Johann Georg III of Saxony

Round base supporting a baluster shaft with a large bubble inclusion and an almost cylindrical cup decorated with three oval medallions. The central medallion bearing a portrait of the Duke in profile in a breastplate holding a sword aloft, the second with the Saxon coat of arms flanked by palm fronds and the third with trophies. H 23 cm.
Attributed to Northern Bohemia or Lower Silesia, the decor Hirschberger Tal, 1680 - 91.

Provenance

Collection of Helfried Krug.

Literature

Illus. in: Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug, Munich 1965, no. 180, there ascribed to Bohemia.
For this decor cf. a beaker from the Hirschberger Tal in: Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1995, no. 452.